RFC: embedded ppc rootfs?

RFC: embedded ppc rootfs?

[Kumar Gala]

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?

- kumar

Re: RFC: embedded ppc rootfs?

[David H. Lynch Jr.]

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
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