On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 13:54 +0100, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 7. November 2010, 13:07:06 schrieb davidMbrooke:
> > On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 23:46 +0100, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote:
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > > I was concerned about support for different processor yet, but Andrew did
> > > a very job and it seems to work pretty well to add additional kernels
> > > (and modules).
> >
> > Agreed - Andrew, you did good!
> >
> > > I added i486 (speak "the generic one") and geode (optmized for Geode
> > > based boards like the Alix2/3).
> > > Both are somewhat smaller (about 250kb) than the i686 optimized kernel.
> > >
> > > kp
> >
> > I know I need to update buildimage.pl to reflect the multiple kernel
> > options (and PXELINUX), and I guess it is time to plan what disk images
> > we will actually make available for Beta 1.
> >
> > I suggest a well-defined naming convention for the downloadable disk
> > image files, consisting of something like:
> >
> > "Bering-uClibc" - No argument, I hope :-)
> > Version - Something like "4.0-beta1"
> > KARCH - "i686", "i486", "geode" etc.
> > ImgType - "syslinux", "pxelinux", "isolinux"
> > Variant - I'm thinking e.g.
> > "std" - default variant
> > "ser" - serial console variant
> > "alix" - tailored to the ALIX platform, maybe
> >
> > The full names might therefore be e.g.
> >
> > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i686_isolinux_std.iso
> > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i486_syslinux_ser.tar.gz
> > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_geode_pxelinux_alix.tar.gz
> >
> > Which combinations actually get built will depend on the
> > images/*/buildimage.cfg files that get created.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> Hi David;
>
> Fine with me, but we should be careful not to produce too much images to
> avoid
> confusion.
> The geode one with Alix support e.g. does not need an isolinux or one without
> serial support. I also don't the need for i686-serial image; I guess usual
> 686-based machines provides a VGA port, so one can start with the default
> inittab and modify later for serial support if needed.
>
> (I don't think we need "alix" to the geode kernel - it's hopefully
> understandable without, and alix itself doesn't help a lot cause we do not
> support alix1 and alix6...)
>
> kp
Thanks kp,
So it sounds like the *naming convention* should be OK, which is my main
concern right now. I agree with not having too many images (though there
will be a section in the User Guide on choosing the right one :-) )
To start with, maybe:
Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i486_isolinux_vga.iso
Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i486_syslinux_vga.tar.gz
Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i686_isolinux_vga.iso
Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i686_syslinux_vga.tar.gz
Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_geode_syslinux_ser.tar.gz
Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_geode_pxelinux_ser.tar.gz
dMb
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