From: AJ O. <coo...@gm...> - 2011-03-10 03:35:38
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I agree that if you need a micro distribution < 100mb, OE is probably one of the best choices. The Ubuntu headless is 70mb: http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-m/headless/final/ AJ ONeal On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Alex Gibson <al...@al...> wrote: > On 10/03/2011 12:46 PM, AJ ONeal wrote: > > My apologies, "toolchain" was definitely the wrong word to use. > > > > > > The philosophy behind OE is to cross compile everything on the host > > and to then deploy the entire "distribution" to the target. > > > > > > The philosophy behind Linaro is to only cross-compile the kernel and > > native compile anything else on an existing Ubuntu ARM distribution. > > > > > > I guess you can do the same thing with OE + Angstrom as you can with > > Linaro, but the end-to-end philosophy is simpler on Linaro as long as > > you don't care to actually create your own distribution of Linux and > > would be happy using Ubuntu. > > > > > > P.S. I also have created a suite of tools for downloading OE, > > installing it, creating overlays, building the SD card, etc, etc, etc: > > https://github.com/fastr/gumstix-utils > > > > > > We'll see what happens, I may end up eating my words. But when Linaro > > was presented to me as "Use the well-tested, stable, 6-month release > > cycle of Ubuntu, and take the occasional compile time hit for native > > compiles", I become rather interested rather quickly. > > > > AJ ONeal > > > > Looks like most of the desktop distros have or are working on arm ports. > Fedora being the latest. Still early days. > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F13-ARM-Beta1 > > Most of the desktop distro's arm ports look to be fairly heavy weight so > far > and oe is a lot more flexible for custom builds. > > Alex > > -- > UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F > DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not > read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If > you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message > are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and > with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology, > Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and > defects. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |