26. jan. 2012 03.12 skrev Hui Zhang <[email protected]>: > Hi Carsten, > Maybe I can do the experiment on ARM if I build the ARM busybox binaries? > Or will you provide the armv7l busybox binaries later? I plan on providing binaries for all Mer platforms when I've confirmed it can actually boot :)
The idea is to be able to run Mer either with busybox or our current GNU tools and testing both scenarios. BR Carsten Munk > > Thank you! > > Best regards, > zhanghui > > On 1/25/12, Carsten Munk <[email protected]> wrote: >> For some deployment settings, like STBs, it's useful to have a low >> disk footprint - not saying that the entire system should >> automatically resort to a low footprint as some of the ways can hinder >> development. >> >> I've spent a little time trying to make a package of busybox (BusyBox >> combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single >> small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the >> utilities you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. The >> utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their >> full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included >> provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU >> counterparts.) for Mer that is usable to pick and choose what tools >> busybox should replace. >> >> As an example comparison, I've taken >> http://releases.merproject.org/releases/0.20120120.1/kickstarts/mer-core-i586-base.ks >> and made a version that uses busybox and one that doesn't. >> >> non-busybox base: >> >> 117723476 bytes uncompressed (125mb approx), 42325108 bytes compressed >> (tar.gz) (41mb approx) >> >> busybox base: >> >> 100345715 bytes uncompresed (105mb approx), 35444762 bytes compressed >> (tar.gz) (34mb approx) >> >> There is however still low-hanging fruit to sort out to bring disk >> footprint even lower (from busybox base) >> >> / # rpm -qa --queryformat '%{name}-%{version}-%{release} %{size}\n' | >> sort -k 2 -n >> >> basesystem-8.1-1.2 0 >> busybox-symlinks-bzip2-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-coreutils-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-findutils-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-grep-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-gzip-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-module-init-tools-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-procps-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-sed-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-shell-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-time-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> busybox-symlinks-util-linux-1.19.3-42.1 0 >> filesystem-2.4.31-1.3 0 >> fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-1.2 0 >> mer-release-0.2011-1.1 114 >> rootfiles-8.1-1.2 620 >> mkdevnodes-0.2-1.6 7356 >> boardname-0.7-1.6 10336 >> lsb-release-4.0-1.4 15929 >> libattr-2.4.46-1.7 16680 >> systemd-sysv-37-1.6 17987 >> nss-sysinit-3.12.10-1.14 29365 >> libacl-2.2.51-1.6 30660 >> libffi-3.0.9-1.6 34403 >> popt-1.16-1.6 45349 >> file-5.04-1.7 53503 >> libcap-2.19-1.6 56092 >> bzip2-libs-1.0.6-1.6 70496 >> libusb-0.1.12-1.6 75556 >> libudev-172-1.7 81859 >> elfutils-libelf-0.152-1.9 87624 >> pth-2.0.7-1.6 102900 >> usbutils-0.86-1.6 117371 >> zlib-1.2.5-1.31 120856 >> satsolver-tools-0.17.2-1.6 121275 >> pacrunner-0.3-1.8 129969 >> libgcc-4.6.3-1.20 132564 >> xdg-user-dirs-0.12-1.6 133805 >> gamin-0.1.10-1.10 147555 >> ncurses-5.9-1.6 150044 >> curl-7.22.0-1.6 152317 >> pkgconfig-0.25-1.6 154584 >> liblua-5.1.4-1.6 180728 >> expat-2.0.1-1.6 185652 >> deltarpm-3.5-1.6 199574 >> MAKEDEV-3.24-1.6 214603 >> ncurses-base-5.9-1.6 228619 >> xz-libs-5.0.3-1.10 229410 >> nspr-4.8.8-1.6 264792 >> readline-5.2-1.6 269804 >> libgpg-error-1.10-1.4 275908 >> libksba-1.2.0-1.7 283125 >> nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.10-1.14 295542 >> db4-utils-4.8.30-1.6 301652 >> dbus-libs-1.4.14-1.6 302400 >> passwd-0.78-1.7 346483 >> libcurl-7.22.0-1.6 361072 >> pcre-8.11-1.10 365164 >> libidn-1.23-1.2 394724 >> libgcrypt-1.5.0-1.4 542964 >> libsatsolver-0.17.2-1.6 549696 >> pam-1.1.1-1.6 628905 >> setup-2.8.15-3.1 664484 >> gawk-3.1.5-1.18 698307 >> rpm-libs-4.9.1.2-1.4 713664 >> sqlite-3.7.9-1.6 716928 >> ncurses-libs-5.9-1.6 720244 >> udev-172-1.7 748179 >> shadow-utils-4.1.4.3-1.6 823654 >> dbus-1.4.14-1.6 832267 >> libstdc++-4.6.3-1.20 943413 >> augeas-libs-0.8.1-1.6 950942 >> busybox-1.19.3-42.1 996712 >> rpm-4.9.1.2-1.4 1394314 >> prelink-0.4.2-1.6 1445458 >> db4-4.8.30-1.6 1572023 >> shared-mime-info-0.91-1.7 1769922 >> libuser-0.57.3-1.7 1771789 >> tzdata-2011e-1.2 1905154 >> file-libs-5.04-1.7 2478574 >> glib2-2.30.2-1.8 2807200 >> systemd-37-1.6 2854923 >> nss-3.12.10-1.14 2934157 >> v8-2.4.8-1.6 3503540 >> openssl-1.0.0c-1.12 3604903 >> hwdata-0.234-1.1 4045184 >> zypper-1.6.15-1.6 4532254 >> libxml2-2.7.8-1.6 4670066 >> gnupg2-2.0.4-1.8 5532451 >> libzypp-9.10.2-1.6 6692626 >> glibc-2.13-1.31 11128118 >> glibc-common-2.13-1.31 15202355 >> >> - such as removing pkg-config, the upcoming gamin removal, replacing >> gawk with busybox, trim glibc-common, replacements for shadow-utils, >> etc. >> >> If anyone is interested to see the kickstart, see >> http://pastie.org/3248513 , the packages are at >> http://webui-ci.tspre.org/ -> projects -> home:Admin:busybox (setup >> and busybox was modified) >> >> BR >> Carsten Munk >> >> >> > >
