From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [130.89.2.8] (helo=smtp.utwente.nl) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Im3qH-0007jC-So for openembedded-devel@openembedded.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:49:57 +0100 Received: from Powerbook-2.local (dominion.kabel.utwente.nl [130.89.193.158]) by smtp.utwente.nl (8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l9S8gBUo002085 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:42:12 +0100 Message-ID: <47244B64.2030609@student.utwente.nl> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:42:12 +0100 From: Koen Kooi User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions References: <471FC1C0.4010103@linux.it> <20071025001926.GA14645@lenovo> <472047C3.20208@student.utwente.nl> <20071025121153.GA8231@lenovo> <20071026134528.GA6182@lenovo> <1193483219.6376.100.camel@toontown> <20071027153928.GA6118@lenovo> <47237509.8070405@student.utwente.nl> <20071027212600.GA6219@lenovo> In-Reply-To: <20071027212600.GA6219@lenovo> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.4 X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact helpdesk@ITBE.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-UTwente-MailScanner-From: k.kooi@student.utwente.nl X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: getting started - docbook 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, 28 Oct 2007 08:49:58 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Farning schreef: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:27:37PM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> David Farning schreef: >>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 01:06:59PM +0200, Tobias Pflug wrote: >>>> on 1: >>>> with big picture I mean there should be a description of the >>>> "system" with its main components. Currently i think there is too >>>> little of that, and too many use-cases. ("In order to change xyz, >>>> apply abc to 123"). >>> I finished a rough draft of getting started this morning. I am going >>> to let it sit for a week before looking at it again. Then I will >>> rework as needed and submitte for review. >>> >>> In the mean time I am starting on a introduction chapter. This will >>> be a very high level overview. Below is a first stab at the outline. >> Even if 99.9% if the people use OE to build linux stuff, it is able to >> build nonlinux targets like bare-metal stuff for the msp430 >> microcontroller and things like arm-wince-pe or arm-apple-darwin. > > That makes sense. Nothing special about the Linux kernel. For the > purposes of documentation would you mind if we: > > 1 Studied the device - processer, memory, IO, devices.... > 2 Studied a generic Linux distribution - kernel, libs, apps, packages, > files system.... > 3 Discussed how to use bb/oe to create a customized distro to run on a > specific device. I don't mind at all, since I said that's what 99% of the people do :) regards, Koen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFHJEtkMkyGM64RGpERAj1lAJwKnbjzj21rEj9TLZUfqrF0DHDQHwCgulo7 CaUokllIm5bTMLMv/dIg1Ko= =f5+C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----