Hi!
(lkml readers please consider replying to me or tech and not to lkml)
I posted [1] on the GPL-violations mailing list, but got no response, so I'll
try here.
What :
It seems Canyon [2] distributes [3] a firmware update file [4]
for their CN-WF514 WLAN router that contains the linux kernel
image. nmap scan guesses the router is running "Linux 2.4.X|2.5.X"
There is no mention of used GPL software and no source code.
A direct enquiry to Canyon was responded with :
This product is not using GNU GPL license.
(yes, that's all of it)
What I need :
Help disecting the FW package [4]. It is a ZIP archive containing
a text file and a *.bin file. This *.bin file appears to be some kind
of another archive, containing two files : webpages-6104ipc.bin
and vmlinux.bin
The *.bin archive file begins with the string "WBIP". I guess it uses
compression, since "strings" does not give out anything useful, except
the mentioned two filenames.
There[3] is another firmware update [5] that is in slightly different
format. "strings" there finds this :
RtosTxImage
Uncompressing Linux...
Ok, booting the kernel.
Any ideas ?
As this is partly off topic for lkml, I suggest replying to the gpl
violations mail list.
Here is what I asked Canyon and got the above answer :
Is any software distributed with the CN-WF514 router,
that is licensed under the GNU General Public License ?
Hm, maybe they thought I'm talking about the acompanying
CD media ...
Regards,
David Balazic
[1] http://lists.gpl-violations.org/pipermail/tech/2005-December/000052.html
[2] http://www.canyon-tech.com/
[3]
http://www.canyon-tech.com/products/show.cfm/Networking/Net/Wireless_Products_IEEE_802.11g/CN-WF514/Down
[4] http://www.canyon-tech.com/files/Canyon/Networking/WiFi_U/CN-WF514/WF514-208.zip
[5] http://www.canyon-tech.com/files/Canyon/Networking/WiFi_U/CN-WF514/WF514-200713T5.zip
-----Original Message-----
From: "xerces8" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:52:54 +0100
Subject: Possible GPL violation in Canyon CN-WF514 WLAN router
> Hi!
>
> I suspect a GPL violation with the product Canyon CN-WF514 WLAN router [1].
> There is a firware update file on the web [2] for it.
> The file is WF514-208.zip [3] and contains a file named WF514_208.bin.
> Some strings in it are :
> - WBIP - at offset 0, is this some file format ID ?
> - webpages-6104ipc.bin , a few bytes later
> - vmlinux.bin - some more bytes later
>
> It appears to be some archive with at least the two above files.
> It is probably compressed, as ZIP-ing it does not reduce the size.
>
> Also, running nmap -O against a running CN-WF514 guesses that it is
> running linux 2.4.x|2.5.x.
>
> Note, that there is another (older) WLAN router made by Canyon, the
> CN-WF512 [4]. Its page tells, that is uses GPL software and the software
> (sources) is available for download.
>
> What should I do next ?
> Analyze the FW ?
> Write them a letter ?
>
> Best regards,
> David Balazic
>
> [1]
> http://www.canyon-tech.com/products/show.cfm/Networking/Net/Wireless_Products_IEEE_802.11g/CN-WF5
> 14
> [2]
> http://www.canyon-tech.com/products/show.cfm/Networking/Net/Wireless_Products_IEEE_802.11g/CN-WF5
> 14/Down
> [3] http://www.canyon-tech.com/files/Canyon/Networking/WiFi_U/CN-WF514/WF514-208.zip
> [4] http://www.canyon-tech.com/products/show.cfm/Net/Wireless_Products_IEEE_802.11g/CN-WF512/
>
>
>
On 1/3/06, xerces8 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Help disecting the FW package [4]. It is a ZIP archive containing
> a text file and a *.bin file. This *.bin file appears to be some kind
> of another archive, containing two files : webpages-6104ipc.bin
> and vmlinux.bin
$ file WF514-200713T5.img
WF514-200713T5.img: PPCBoot image
Which probably (I didn't look) points to http://ppcboot.sourceforge.net/
>On 1/3/06, xerces8 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Help disecting the FW package [4]. It is a ZIP archive containing
>> a text file and a *.bin file. This *.bin file appears to be some kind
>> of another archive, containing two files : webpages-6104ipc.bin
>> and vmlinux.bin
>
>$ file WF514-200713T5.img
>WF514-200713T5.img: PPCBoot image
>
Why does not my "file" utility print that...!?
# rpm -q file
file-4.14-3
>Which probably (I didn't look) points to http://ppcboot.sourceforge.net/
Jan Engelhardt
--
On 1/5/06, Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> wrote:
> >$ file WF514-200713T5.img
> >WF514-200713T5.img: PPCBoot image
> >
> Why does not my "file" utility print that...!?
>
> # rpm -q file
> file-4.14-3
Mine is newer:
$ file --version
file-4.16
magic file from /usr/share/file/magic