From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [74.125.92.149] (helo=qw-out-1920.google.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L5MEo-0003uN-4W for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:23:34 +0100 Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so123795qwf.36 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:20:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=hArdl2MEA6ownuBzDqXkQoeZ3xh3EVBhX0MJk96vuag=; b=QimuX51HNlx6meoyvhB58b7ueRy6vDcTsmkE0ICG8B23UEXEiS8NacNpMkmx+iYEEx WUV4O8gaBnV1HMAlxyocc2o46QMMhCdiBOxKKOTmgFrn7Kk8Mub1fb1kpjKj4et8BJzd oCSLZAqtEOW8C0hoCn5eQHeX4hmylW9qtoCew= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=nww0WWcGHBdEcdjOKJ9id5EmMl6Tx2wFaa522JDFKiPB0gq9R3Uxax3I+Fpp/FVkZS EgcIdt3/aJhMnzh0hleV784B5MUTTNEdEKDYRL8W9kvTNYYdr3kp264AICuiXiqsQjYN W9xgrRu4roxzJopku/MvhRMi23G+k1NhtZvBc= Received: by 10.214.45.14 with SMTP id s14mr5370268qas.343.1227712834210; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:20:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.214.12.10 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:20:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:20:34 +0100 From: "Leon Woestenberg" To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org In-Reply-To: <1227628013.10122.37.camel@akaza1> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1227628013.10122.37.camel@akaza1> Subject: Re: uclibc support for x86 X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:23:34 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello Mikael, On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Mikael Rosbacke wrote: > Seems I'm the only one crazy enough to try to run a uClibc based > distribution on x86. (I can see the response, What's the point?) > No, very good: - Adding more x86 support allows OE to be remain more clean and architecture-independent. - Not everything is ARM. - We have seen adding powerpc support fix some generic OE issues, adding more x86 support will fix additional issues I'm sure. - Although x86 might not always be resource limited platforms, it doesn't mean you shouldn't use OE, or uclibc. Kudos, -- Leon