From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD7DDDEF2 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:03:34 +1000 (EST) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c34so715334anc.78 for ; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:03:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:03:33 +0200 From: "Leon Woestenberg" To: "Brian Silverman" Subject: Re: Full Linux distributions In-Reply-To: <486D27B9.8090308@conceptxdesign.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <486D27B9.8090308@conceptxdesign.com> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hello Brian, On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Brian Silverman wrote: > 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 > buildroot I guess, not busybox (alone). > looking for an alternative that will allow me to: > - easily add new packages > - is binary compatible with the PPC405. 440, and Freescale 85xx cores. > binary compatible? You mean it can build binaries for those 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) > > 3) OpenEmbedded (doesn't seem to currently support cygwin) > My preference is to use OpenEmbedded and do so under a Linux host system (any will do). As I don't want to be tied to a certain host OS, Emdebian or Gentoo-Embedded are no-go for me. I have used tools and rootfs systems like crosstool, buildroot, LFS before. There is also LTIB by Freescale, tried that? Regards, -- Leon