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Help with X20 ARM programming

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Llorean:
Often users want to dual boot. Sometimes this is because the OF has a feature Rockbox doesn't have yet. So usually an attempt is made to have the player in a state where it can dual boot. This is especially important on some players where Rockbox won't have its own USB access for a while, so the original firmware's USB must be used.

Rockbox is made from the ground up. It does not contain parts of the original firmware. "Modifying" it would be quite contrary to that, as a modification of the OF would, by definition, include parts of it, wouldn't it?

keenox:
i was meaning that we could use parts of the original firmware in order to use certain hardware. i guess that the firmware programmers know what they are doing and using parts from the OF could help rockbox developers to access different features. isn't it possible, for example, to include the usb functionality of the OF into the bootloader and low-level access it from Rockbox? (i don't really know much about low-level programming, so i apologize if i sound stupid)

Llorean:

--- Quote ---It does not contain parts of the original firmware.
--- End quote ---

Actually incorporating parts of the original firmware would be a violation of their copyright on it.

keenox:
i don't think common parts of the software count as copyrighted. for example, if i copy the file access part of a program, does it count as a violation of the author's copyright? that part can be the same in many programs... btw. do you have a messenger id? it's rather unconfortable talking on a forum like this.

Llorean:
The whole point of the forum is that other people can join in the conversation.

ANY code you write is copyright you. You cannot simply take parts of another person's program and use them without permission.

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