I was recently noticing that the "Linux Embedded Platform Project" at
http://www.waste.org/~zanshin/project.html seems to be defunct. However,
the idea seems worthwhile to me. I'd love to see a canned toolkit of:
- code, kernel patches, documents for specialized embedded CPUs and
chipsets
- tiny footprint equivalents to common userspace programs for use in
limited memory and boot disk|flash space systems
- bootloaders: BIOS extensions, no-bios quick-and dirty loaders, etc.
- console hacks: funky keypad, LCD, serial console, etc.
- licensing assists: a separate list of copyrights and license summaries
so I can confidently distribute the stuff without fear of breaking the GPL
- flash: programming libraries, userspace tools, drivers.
- hardware tricks: HOWTOs regarding "how can I construct my board so that
it'll be convinient to boot linux?"
I'd be interested in hearing:
- who else would be interested in this as a user
- who else would be interested in helping as a developer
- if there's any hardware manufacturers that would help by donating
hardware
- who thinks I've been sniffing too much solder fumes
Eric
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