From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <385EE46B.1D97C2D2@ctam.com.au> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:22:37 +1100 From: Brendan Simon Reply-To: bsimon@ctam.com.au MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-embedded , linuxppc-embedded Subject: linux-embedded: which shell, termcap or ncurses ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: I am trying to get a powerpc embedded system up and running. I have compiled the kernel and can mount a root filesystem using initrd or nfs. I now need to get a shell running so I can call shell scripts to setup the IP addresses etc via ifconfig (is there any other way ?). I got the latest version of bash(2.0.3) and ncurses(5.0). Bash requires termcap but apparently termcap is obsolete and is replaced by ncurses. I had some trouble getting ncurses to cross-compile but I manged to hack around with configure, make and the source code and eventually get it to compile and install. Bash is proving more difficult. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good shell and termcap that cross-compiles without too much effort ? If so, where can I get them and are they maintained ? Has anyone cross-compiled a recent version of bash and ncurses ? Are they huge ? Will they fit on a 4MB initrd image ? Thanks, Brendan Simon. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/