From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [65.55.251.16] (helo=outbound4-blu-R.bigfish.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IZsJS-000403-7Z for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:05:43 +0200 Received: from outbound4-blu.bigfish.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by outbound4-blu-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98BC01FB184 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail94-blu-R.bigfish.com (unknown [10.1.252.3]) by outbound4-blu.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6740E160065 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail94-blu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail94-blu-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19579810269 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:20 +0000 (UTC) X-BigFish: VP X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Antispam-Report: OrigIP: 160.33.66.75;Service: EHS Received: by mail94-blu (MessageSwitch) id 119065687915477_6038; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:19 +0000 (UCT) Received: from mail8.fw-sd.sony.com (mail8.fw-sd.sony.com [160.33.66.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail94-blu.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3C5410058 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1.sgo.in.sel.sony.com (mail1.sgo.in.sel.sony.com [43.130.1.111]) by mail8.fw-sd.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l8OI1H1K021845 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:17 GMT Received: from USSDIXIM01.am.sony.com (ussdixim01.am.sony.com [43.130.140.33]) by mail1.sgo.in.sel.sony.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l8OI1H8l001676 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:17 GMT Received: from ussdixms03.am.sony.com ([43.130.140.23]) by USSDIXIM01.am.sony.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:01:16 -0700 Received: from [43.135.148.58] ([43.135.148.58]) by ussdixms03.am.sony.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:01:16 -0700 Message-ID: <46F7FB64.9060907@am.sony.com> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:01:08 -0700 From: Tim Bird User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <46F587F7.4060501@balister.org> <46F65D2D.5020507@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> <46F7F1F2.6040506@am.sony.com> <46F7F727.6010009@student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <46F7F727.6010009@student.utwente.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Sep 2007 18:01:16.0744 (UTC) FILETIME=[E71F0480:01C7FED4] Subject: Re: How should OE be used? 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: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:05:46 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Koen Kooi wrote: > Tim Bird schreef: >>> Koen Kooi wrote: >>>> If we need to checkout some svn/cvs/hg/git tree to >>>> get your OE-based distro, you have already lost. >>> I strongly agree with this sentiment. I would like to see something >>> even further. I would like to see downloadable minimal distro *binaries* >>> (not just source) for all major architectures. > > Like http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/images/? That has armv4-oabi, armv4t, > armv5te, armv5teb, armv6, ppc603, i486, i586, i686 and soon ppc405 and avr32. A uclibc > variant is in the works as well :) At a first glance, this is quite possibly exactly what I want. Thanks!! I'll look further and see if this will meet my needs. -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America =============================