From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:38:12 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] Request for review: buildroot in Open Mobile Linux devroom of FOSDEM In-Reply-To: <201201160950.18702.arnout@mind.be> References: <201201160950.18702.arnout@mind.be> Message-ID: <20120126163812.02917ef3@skate> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Le Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:50:18 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle a ?crit : > As I announced earlier, I'll be giving a talk in the Open Mobile > Linux devroom on FOSDEM. I would like to get feedback on the > slides. You can find them on http://mind.be/?page=publications > (in .odp and .pdf). > > It's a 15 minute talk. My goal is not to explain how to use > buildroot, but rather to convince the audience that buildroot (or > something similar) is the way to go for "open" embedded devices, > because it empowers the user to make modifications and improvements. > > My slides aren't really stand-alone, so it may actually be difficult > to review them without hearing my talk :-( I did a quick review, and those slides look good. As you say, without the actual speech, it's hard to see where you want to go. From my point of view, the very important thing with embedded Linux build systems is repeatability/reproducibility. I have seen way too many people/companies building their embedded Linux system by randomly cross-compiling dozens of libraries manually, without any way of reproducing that build process. Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com