topic Re: Licence problem after linux update in LPCXpresso IDE

Licence problem after linux update

lpcware — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:21:12 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by ngoncalves on Tue Oct 25 06:45:49 MST 2011
Hi,

I have the LPCXpresso IDE limited to 128K download, running on Ubuntu. Today I did some updates, including the kernel. Now the IDE no longer allows for a debug session when it did before the update.

This is the final result of the compilation:

text data bss dec hexfilename
14548 8 540 15096 3af8PLC_Remote_Device.axf

If I am reading correctly, the flash size is about 14K. Or are the values in KB ?

When I run "uname" this is what I get:

Linux duke 2.6.38-12-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 28 14:25:20 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Also, I checked and the file "PLC_Remote_Device.axf" is about 308 KB on the disk. Is this normal ?

Re: Licence problem after linux update

lpcware — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:21:13 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by ngoncalves on Tue Oct 25 06:59:20 MST 2011
Following the instructions at:

http://support.code-red-tech.com/CodeRedWiki/LPCXLicenseDiag

this is the output of running "crt_emu_cm3_nxp -info-license":

Ni: LPCXpresso Debug Driver v4.0 (Jul 22 2011 09:57:25)

The contents of the directory " /usr/share/LPCXpresso" are in the attached file

Re: Licence problem after linux update

lpcware — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:21:14 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by CodeRedSupport on Tue Oct 25 07:20:30 MST 2011
try getting a new serial number and reactivate - the license scheme does rely on the kernel version.

Re: Licence problem after linux update

lpcware — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:21:14 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by ngoncalves on Tue Oct 25 07:42:41 MST 2011
Thanks, that solved the problem.

But I must say that, from the perspective of the user, tying the serial number to the kernel version is not correct. I spent two hours chasing a problem that it turns out, was not mine.

Can't you provide a binary distribution of the IDE that is limited to the 128K, instead of the hassles of using a licence ?

Re: Licence problem after linux update

lpcware — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:21:15 GMT

Content originally posted in LPCWare by DiligentMinds.com on Sat Oct 29 14:22:49 MST 2011
That is one of the silliest license schemes I have ever heard of-- everyone else ties the license to the Ethernet MAC address, which is a hard-coded serial number.

I also run Ubuntu (since 2005), and I can tell you that the kernel is updated very often-- every time that a serious security issue is found and corrected, there will be a new update of the kernel. I have seen this happen as often as once per week.

The Code Red people should get it together, and change their goofy licensing policy to something that makes better sense.