On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 15:01, David Meggy wrote: > I really can't see a really embedded system being able to pull binary > packages from a Debian server. I think any really embedded system, > would need a server in the middle, to watch debian (security) sources, > then recompile, and re-offer the packages as binaries.
That would be a huge undertaking seeing all the microprocessor variants even with a family. For example, PowerPC. You can't run PPC code across the board, there are FPU, cache and other issues. Its a mess, but embedded Linux vendors have gone down this road and offer BSPs for all these families and variants. So its possible. However, I can't see a PPC823 natively compiling its own distribution of debian. How long would that take? This is something to consider. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Craig Hollabaugh, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software and Interfacing www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com
