From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx.dlasys.net (24.152.213.223.res-cmts.eph.ptd.net [24.152.213.223]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4C6C67C39 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:03:58 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <455AACE1.1080300@dlasys.net> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:00:01 -0500 From: "David H. Lynch Jr." MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: RFC: embedded ppc rootfs? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: "linuxppc-embedded \(\(\(\(E-Mail\)\)\)\)" List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Kumar Gala wrote: > I was wondering what people are using for their projects as > "distro's" for their root file systems. I spent this weekend trying > to get several of the alternatives I could find working on a ppc64 > host system with out much success. > > I'm interested in two aspects of this question. One, are their > projects that I missed that people are using on ppc (eldk, buildroot, > lfs, ltib). Two, is there an need for a better open source embedded > distro for ppc? And if so, do people have the ability to pitch in > some effort towards producing a better distro? > I am booting to an intramfs. I used busybox for the basic tools. It is small and easy - the intramfs just merges into a single zImage.elf file. It is supposed to be embedded so I am not looking to provide a full development environment, just the minimum needed to run whatever Linux applications and services a client chooses for their embedded system. I do not need/want a Distro (I am not against Distro's, but the key word is embedded). Soon we will likely do something like an fuse/sshfs mount to support a native embedded development environment. > - kumar > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > -- Dave Lynch DLA Systems Software Development: Embedded Linux 717.627.3770 dhlii@dlasys.net http://www.dlasys.net fax: 1.253.369.9244 Cell: 1.717.587.7774 Over 25 years' experience in platforms, languages, and technologies too numerous to list. "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein