On 12/10/2011 17:59, Darren Hart wrote:
On 10/11/2011 04:49 PM, Tim Bird wrote:
On 10/10/2011 11:41 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
As part of working on meta-tiny, I've come across a need (want?) to
present users with the ability to select some set of features in a
local
configuration file that will impact the build of the image and a set of
recipes.
Can you tell me more about meta-tiny? this is the first I've heard
about this (sorry if discussion went by on the mailing list and I
missed it), and I'm very interested.
I'm currently doing some size-related work for Sony (including
some work to support 4K stacks).
Perhaps while I have the attention of a few interested parties, it would
be a good time for a poll. I'm interested in your motivation for smaller
images.
Are you building SoC's with memory on die and needing to keep the memory
footprint down to save precious die real-estate?
no
Are you looking at creating mass-market products and saving a few
pennies on the flash storage translates to real money, so you want to
minimize the physical size?
no
Are you concerned with boot time, and have connected larger image sizes
with longer boot times?
I am concerned with boot time, but don't believe it is image size that
ramps it up.
Is there another motivating factor for your interest in small images?
Yes, a smaller system which is easier to check, build and maintain. In
my office I am the leading driver for using linux in a team of 3 (two
software, one fpga developer) so the less time I spend building,
rebuilding and checking features I don't need, to ensure they don't
comprimise the stability of the system, the more faith they have in the
system I'm putting forward.
Thanks,
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