[Avila] 24v vs 48v

[Gordon Edmonds]

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Gateworks offers the Linux Board Support Package for Avila Platform products
in three forms:

 

1. As part of the Avila Platform Development Kit.

 

The US$395 price includes many tools in addition to the BSP.  One tool that
we want every developer to have in their hands is a JTAG programmer, so that
a "bricked" unit can be reinitialized to a working condition regardless of
the state of the bootloader, kernel, or configuration.  Our development kit
also includes the JTAG software, a power supply, and various other cables
and accessories.

 

2. On a physical CD.  

 

Gateworks charges US$50 for the BSP V0.6 CD.  The CD can be ordered during
regular business hours by calling 805-781-2000, and asking for sales.

 

3. On the company website. 

 

The BSP is available at no charge at bsp.gateworks.com
<http://www.bsp.gateworks.com/> .  The download size is approximately
450Mbytes.

 

The Gateworks BSP V0.6 includes:

Complete source tree for the Linux kernel and ramdisk shipped on Avila
products

Complete source tree for the Redboot bootloader used on Avila products

Complete X86-ARM cross-compiler toolchain with libraries

Licensing information for the Intel Access library

 

Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

 

Gordon Edmonds

Gateworks Corporation

3026 S. Higuera Street

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

805-781-2000

gedmonds at gateworks.com

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Lewis [mailto:el_4569 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 1:36 PM
To: avila at lists.unixstudios.net
Subject: Re: [Avila] 24v vs 48v
Subject: [Avila] Subject: [Avila] Subject: [Avila] In case you haven't noticed Gateworks rips off the GPL also.  No where are
the sources available that correspond to the binaries that are distributed
on the Gateworks board. 

 

Requiring the purchase of a $400 developer kit to get the sources is not an
acceptable distribution method listed in the GPL.  

 

Gateworks does not include even a reference to the GPL with the boards they
ship.  Let alone an offer for the source code.   Sending a request for the
sources to support at gateworks.com simply gets ignored.  $400 is much more
than the "cost of physically performing source distribution"