Re: freebox possible GPL violation

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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 05:18:46PM +0200, Pierre Michon wrote:
> Why does it need to reboot when there is a new firmware ?

To use it, exactly like when you reboot your pc to change kernels.

> How they manage to download the firmware (need led driver, ppp, http,
> adsl driver, atm stack, ...)

How do you think some random network card with do netbooting works ?
(got a led driver, ipv4 simplified "stack", dhcp & tftp capabilities)

Just like your pc has a BIOS to search for booting devices

> Please suggest other mailling lists.

the one you CC at first @lists.gpl-violations.org and only this one ...

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Vincent Hanquez
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