[gentoo-user] Gentoo for embedded-linux
I've recently grown interested in Linux for embedded devices, specifically, ARM computers and ARM core DSP's. I am a Gentoo-linux user and an electronics technician, and know nothing about programming operating systems. Are there any relevant projects, specifically Gentoo flavored once for embedded computing? I did come across commercial embedded oriented distrobutions such as MonteVista Linux and such. I am a hobbyist, I can't afford a hundreds of dollars development kits, and I would like to use tools that I already somehow familiar with, such tools as Gentoo's. But are they? can anyone point me to someone, somewhere, beneath web-sphere?
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for embedded-linux
Yoav Luft wrote: I've recently grown interested in Linux for embedded devices, specifically, ARM computers and ARM core DSP's. I am a Gentoo-linux user and an electronics technician, and know nothing about programming operating systems. Are there any relevant projects, specifically Gentoo flavored once for embedded computing? I did come across commercial embedded oriented distrobutions such as MonteVista Linux and such. I am a hobbyist, I can't afford a hundreds of dollars development kits, and I would like to use tools that I already somehow familiar with, such tools as Gentoo's. But are they? can anyone point me to someone, somewhere, beneath web-sphere? You mean something like this?: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/index.xml ;) Be lucky, Neil -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for embedded-linux
* Neil Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, You mean something like this?: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/index.xml AFAIK, portage is far from being suitable for real embedded development. It's lacking essential things like sysroot. Also dozens of ebuilds will hazardouzly fail due bad assumptions like always doing non-foreing installs, building machine can run built code, etc, etc. Didn't check the crossdev tool yet, but for creating cross-toolchains I'really recommend crosstool/crosstool-ng. If you like to have some portage-alike builder tool which is designed for crosscompiling, let me know :) cu -- - Enrico Weigelt== metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ - Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ - -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
