On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Detlev Zundel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > >> My project based on the eldk requires a much smaller footprint than we >> currently have. I'm going through the process of hand-removing many >> packages (*-devel, etc), but it appears that the end-goal of 60mb >> (confined by on-board flash space limitations of 64MB) is unattainable > > It is pretty uncommon in order to build a bicycle, by starting off with > another wheel-vehicle, say a truck, and then to strip away the unneeded > pieces.
Understood. Nice analogy ;D > > With the ELDK this is just the same, use the other direction, i.e. start > with a minimal system and extend it as neccessary. An especially nice > starting point is our Root File System Builder which starts off with > only a few megabytes[1]. Perfect. This is precisely the starting point I was hoping for. > >> due to the huge package (~270MB): >> >> 277036416 bits crosstool-targetcomponents-ppc_4xx >> >> Any pointers? Is 60MB attainable? > > Depending on your application and the service you use out of ELDK, this > should still be easy. Great. Easy is good. Thanks again. > >> Has anyone successfully pruned away the ELDK in this fashion? > > I doubt it. > > Cheers > Detlev > > [1] http://git.denx.de/?p=rfsb.git;a=summary > > -- > Programming X-Windows is like trying to find the square root of pi > using roman numerals. > -- The UNIX Haters Handbook > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ eldk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/eldk
