[Arm-netbook] ARM Cortex-A15

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at lkcl.net
Sat Aug 6 16:27:27 BST 2016


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On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Wolfgang Romey <hier at wolfgangromey.de> wrote:
> Am Freitag, 5. August 2016, 15:43:31 schrieb Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton:
>>  that's because Cortex A15 is a *type of processor* - it's a
>> licenseable hard macro from ARM - not an *actual* processor make/model
>> in and of itself.

> So one has to look, who is the actual producer of the processor and if they
> are gpl violators.

 correct.  it's got nothing to do with ARM... despite ARM being the
licensor of their processor design.

> BTW: https://pod.geraspora.de/posts/5099003
> https://loadaverage.org/notice/8377990

 cool!



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