From: Brian Silverman <bsilverman@conceptxdesign.com>
To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Full Linux distributions
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:25:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <486D27B9.8090308@conceptxdesign.com> (raw)
I'm looking for advice into what Linux distributions (rootfs) people are
using for the PowerPC.
Specifically, I'm currently using busybox for my core rootfs, but I'm
looking for an alternative that will allow me to:
- easily add new packages
- is binary compatible with the PPC405. 440, and Freescale 85xx cores.
- can be large (compared to the usual embedded devices), say in the
100MB to 1GB range. It will sit on an SD card.
- Can be built/maintained under cygwin, and can generate a ext2
image (e.g. with gen2extfs)
I've been looking at:
1) rolling my own
2) Mainstream distributions (e.g. Debian/Ubuntu have lingering
support from PowerBook days; Gentoo seems like a possibility)
3) OpenEmbedded (doesn't seem to currently support cygwin)
Anybody have any preferences based on what they've used?
--
Brian Silverman
Concept X, LLC
next reply other threads:[~2008-07-03 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-03 19:25 Brian Silverman [this message]
2008-07-03 20:03 ` Full Linux distributions Leon Woestenberg
2008-07-03 20:12 ` Brian Silverman
2008-07-03 23:59 ` Daniel Stonier
2008-07-04 11:48 ` Detlev Zundel
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