From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bob Bouterse Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 09:13:07 -0400 Subject: [Buildroot] Help with configuring Buildroot for the Omap3530 EVM In-Reply-To: <201005241809.04330.minimod@morethan.org> References: <1274732624.9526.87.camel@bbouterse-debian.escient.local> <000c01cafb93$b9e9c4f0$2dbd4ed0$@pauljones.id.au> <201005241802.54715.minimod@morethan.org> <201005241809.04330.minimod@morethan.org> Message-ID: <1274793187.26577.4.camel@bbouterse-debian.escient.local> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Thank you all, I will try those extensions today. On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 18:09 -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote: > On Mon May 24 2010, Michael S. Zick wrote: > > On Mon May 24 2010, Paul Jones wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: buildroot-bounces at busybox.net [mailto:buildroot- > > > > bounces at busybox.net] On Behalf Of Bob Bouterse > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2010 6:24 AM > > > > To: buildroot at busybox.net > > > > Subject: [Buildroot] Help with configuring Buildroot for the Omap3530 EVM > > > > > > > > Sorry everone, this is a bit of complaining from me, with a hope that > > > there is > > > > someone that can give me either help to configure Buildroot for an > > > > Omap3530 EVM board, or hard measurements that I can use to show my > > > > Management (and TI) that OE is slow and will cost us development time. > > > > > > > > Here is my problem: > > > > We are beginning a new project, an have decided to use the Omap3530 EVM > > > > board to begin development on. We do not know if we will go to market with > > > > the OMAP or some other processor at this time. > > > > Seems like the entire Omap Open Source Community has jumped to using > > > > OpenEmbedded with no consideration for how well it works. I find several > > > > documents that give hearsay comments that it might be slow, but no metrics > > > > to show what they mean. I have seen that it seems to be around > > > > 2.5 to 4 times slower that buildroot, and even worse running on a VM, but > > > > due to my lack of experience with OE, it could be a configuration error on > > > my > > > > part. I am working with the Arago group on that. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a board configuration for the Omap3503 EVM for > > > > buildroot? It would help a lot if I could show my management a working > > > build > > > > Check on the recently posted patch to add support for the Beagleboard > > to Buildroot. The Beagleboard uses an Omap3530. > > > > I admit that I didn't read the patch, but any new board should have > > a defconfig file as part of its addition to Buildroot. > > > > Yup, there is a defconfig listed: > http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2010-May/034598.html > > Mike > > Mike > > > > really quickly. I need the target/device files and Omap patches in a > > > working > > > > build. I am not being given any time to work on this because Arago > > > "works". > > > > > > >From my experience with a mini2440 board it seems that the quickest route is > > > to get a kernel patch and get that building/running using buildroot, then > > > work on the root filesystem. All I had to do was select my architecture > > > (arm920) and choose some packages to build. > > > > > > Good Luck! > > > > > > > > > Paul. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > buildroot mailing list > > > buildroot at busybox.net > > > http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > buildroot mailing list > > buildroot at busybox.net > > http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > buildroot mailing list > buildroot at busybox.net > http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/buildroot