On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 6:40 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
> *both the iot & lxqt images ship those.* >> >> *The console does not.. (right now it would have to include >> git-core/device-tree-compiler/**build-essentials) which just add more >> weight..* >> >> *Regards,* >> > > *-- * > > *Robert Nelson* > *https://rcn-ee.com <https://rcn-ee.com/>* > > So question. Would precompiling the device tree binaries, then creating > /lib/firmware, and placing the binaries in that directory not work ? No > this is not a smart ass question - But I do think it would work, just not > sure why it's not being done already. > Correct, that's one reason why the shipped "./dtc-overlay.sh" is in the repo, so you can build the cross-dtc. > > As far as adding weight, I totally get it. Jessie seems to be heavier by > nature because . . . > william@beaglebone:~$ cd /usr/share/locale/ > william@beaglebone:/usr/share/locale$ sudo rm -r uk fr cs pl de vi nl sv > ru es ja da it zh_CN ca hu tr eo id sl pt_BR bg fi sk pt > william@beaglebone:/usr/share/locale$ cd ../doc > william@beaglebone:/usr/share/doc$ sudo rm -r ./* > william@beaglebone:/usr/share/locale$ cd ../man/ > william@beaglebone:/usr/share/man$ sudo rm -r ./* > > Only netted me around 50MB. Image is still at 242MB, and it's getting > pretty close to being as lean as I'd want it to be. Well I could gain > another 40M from apt cache, and perhaps 40M from removing modules . . . But > that's still 160M in size . . . way larger than Wheezy. > DEBUG_INFO is enabled by default with the kernel now, so the modules are bigger.. Anyway, do I need you to package anything up for me ? No . . . I just > wanted to make sure /lib/firmware was still correct for Jessie. Especially > since I've ripped out systemd, and was unsure if there was another > mechanism for device tree overlays, or not. > rsync/patch has a few dependices cut them out.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYghr%2Bmcjuhm3_BMedj%2BqbpJ3QTD7%2BfHCKzXoEntcfY4cA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
