16. mar. 2012 00.36 skrev letters.random13 <[email protected]>: > hello, > http://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Platform_SDK > mentions this sdk reqt: > Generic x86 CPU > > is this solely because practically any x86 desktop is much faster than > almost all arms? or is there some pkg contained in the sdk that is x86 only? > i do see a hardwired: So, the challenge is that we need to be able to make images for many platforms in the platform SDK and qemu-x86, SB2 and qemu-mips outside X86 is a tad untested. But you're spot on, one of the reasons is that the X86 desktops are simply faster and platform SDK provides cross compilation which usually is faster than target builds.
I've done debootstrap like things on ARM devices themselves and it's not a fun experience, because many devices are SD-card based. There is theoretically nothing stopping anyone from building the SDK for ARM as well, but it's not a configuration that's very easy to maintain. If you'd like to, you're welcome to do so, of course. > > setarch i386 chroot > > in https://github.com/lbt/sdk-kickstarter-configs/blob/master/mer-sdk-chroot > but no other arch references. That's for 64-bit support, I think > > i was considering installing ubuntu server 12.04 on a pandaboard-es, & then > adding ~mer-sdk-arm (if such existed), assuming this might be more(?) robust > for ~native arm packaging/devel than just installing the latest (& > constantly evolving) equivalent of : > http://sage.kapsi.fi/Mer/images/0.20111120.1.CE.2011.11.20.1/mer-tv-armv7l-pandaboard/ > (http://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Community_Workspace) > > note also, the basic kickstart link given on the wiki is currently invalid: > https://build.pub.meego.com/package/files?package=sdk-kickstarter-configs&project=home%3Albt%3Abranches%3AMer%3ATools%3ATesting > > thanks in advance, > > dean > > > /Carsten
