On 4 March 2013 15:54, Agron Selimaj <[email protected]> wrote: > I meant.. > Are there tools similar to LTIB? > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Agron Selimaj <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello, >> > Hi! :)
>> I am looking for a core OS platform for a Freescale iMX 515 based product >> that can boot from an SD card. >> >> Did any try Mer on something like that? What was your experience like? >> > There was an effort a year ago on i.MX53 QSB, we managed to bring the board up with graphics acceleration on the soft-floating-point port (I wonder if hardfp binaries are available from Freescale now) Lipstick QML (core part of Nemo UI): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIHRLbAAFIE KDE PA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbQU6n8Zkw As you see, performance is only on an acceptable level. Depends on your application. Tell us what you're intending to do approx. For the hardware adaptation phase I used everything what LTIB could offer: u-boot, kernel, Xorg GPU drivers, 2D/3D acceleration binaries, etc. Haven't played with gstreamer yet. Are there tools similar to TLIB? >> > To properly integrate everything into Mer's build system (OBS), one needs to follow how other hardware adaptations are made: https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptation_Guide https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptation_Guide/Step_by_step > Marko Saukko's (Sage) slides from FOSDEM could be very handy at this point, too. >> Is there enough documentation and community support to help to bring Mer >> to a new motherboard like TS-4800 >> http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-4800 ? >> > It all depends on how good TS-4800's Linux Board Support Package (BSP) is. >> Thanks >> >> >> > Cheers, Simonas
