wireless wrote:
> Well, I got a alix.2D3+b board with an onboard Geode LX.
>
> I intend to set up embedded Gentoo on this system,
> eventually.
If you like you can also look at coreboot, which supports the board.
> Here is my proposed make.conf (generic x86) settings:
>
> CHOST="i586-PC-linux-gnu"
Note: Make pc lowercase instead.
> CFLAGS="-Os -march=i586 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
> CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
> USE="-* -nls ncurses ssl crypt berkdb perl pcre \
> python readline zlib bzip2 nptl nptlonly syslog "
>
> Maybe add these flags {fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 pge}
> or will that be redundant?
>
> Any refinements or suggestions that will work across
> the broad range of x86 machines are most welcome.
What I do for any build is look carefully at the profile and override
any things I don't like in there. It might make sense to just create
a new profile.
> Your comments and observations are most welcome.
Not much to comment on for now. I guess you've seen these pages about
Gentoo on ALIX:
http://www.twam.info/tag/alix3d3
(Note that ALIX.2 and ALIX.3 boards are almost completely identical
from a software point of view.)
//Peter
