Re: [Gumstix-users] Emulating Overo Boards

[Brett G. <gr...@ro...>]

I'm not aware of any way to simulate the board. If it were me, I'd do
just what you suggested, use only libraries I know that are available
for the overo (which is just about anything if you fight with it long
enough). If you're looking for a complete distro, you can install
ubuntu on the overo:
http://johnwoconnor.blogspot.com/2009/04/installing-ubuntu-on-gumstix-overo.html

That might be overkill for what you're trying to do. What are you trying to do?

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Nathaniel Martin <nat...@gm...> wrote:
> Does anyone have any feedback on this? Can I develop on any linux
> distribution, as long as I'm careful to only use the libraries that are
> available on the Overo, and be able to easily recompile for the Overo?
> Or is there a particular linux distribution I can install in VirtualBox that
> will get me a similar environment to the Overo?
> Thanks,
> Nate
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Nathaniel Martin <nat...@gm...>
> wrote:
>>
>> I just purchased an Overo Air board with a Summit Expansion board, and I'm
>> truly looking forward to using it for a new project I'm working on.
>> Unfortunately though, I'm about to be traveling outside the country for a
>> few weeks, and I won't be able to bring the Overo with me. I'm trying to
>> figure out how I can continue to develop my application regardless.
>> I've seen lots of information on the web about using QEMU to simulate the
>> Verdex and Connex line, but I haven't been able to find any information
>> about simulating the Overo. Is it possible with QEMU?
>> If that's not possible, is there anything I can do with VirtualBox, even
>> if it's not binary compatible? I don't mind testing under x86, and
>> recompiling for ARM when I get back to the hardware. Is there any way to
>> recompile the Overo Linux Distribution for x86 and run it in VirtualBox?
>> And if that's not possible, what distribution could I install under
>> VirtualBox that would at least be similar to the distribution running on the
>> Overo? Would a minimal linux install, with the same drivers (ALSA, etc) that
>> the Overo uses, get me close enough that I can develop with minimal changes
>> when I put it on the actual hardware?
>> Thanks,
>> Nate
>
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