From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [209.85.128.187] (helo=fk-out-0910.google.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J3qMA-0000t7-Ms for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:04:22 +0100 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 18so1077108fks.12 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:59:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.50.8 with SMTP id x8mr5151464fgx.25.1197799180426; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:59:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.20.166? ( [194.79.8.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v23sm15528736fkd.2007.12.16.01.59.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:59:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:04:59 +0200 From: Paul Sokolovsky X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.64.01 Christmas Edition) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1323505412.20071216120459@gmail.com> To: Rod Whitby In-Reply-To: <4764EDFB.9000801@whitby.id.au> References: <4764EDFB.9000801@whitby.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [ANN] New 'base-image' created (Was: [RFC] Add ipkg to minimal image) X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:04:22 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Rod, Sunday, December 16, 2007, 11:20:59 AM, you wrote: > Based on the good discussion and constructive feedback related to my RFC > about adding ipkg to minimal image, I have decided to create a new > image, whose name truly reflects it's intention. > I hereby name 'base-image' as the smallest possible image which allows > you to ssh into a device via it's native network interface, and install > packages from feeds across the network into internal flash or onto an > attached storage device. Great news! [] > It is required to always be small enough to fit in the internal flash of > an NSLU2 (as an example of the smaller end of flash sizes that OE > supports). So, how little size did you achieve? I wonder, if we'd finally be able to put kiddy distros like this: http://midge.vlad.org.ua/wiki/ (didn't merge even with OpenWRT AFAIK) to rest ;-). [] -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com