Re: [Gumstix-users] ROS

[Oswald B. <op...@sd...>]

can't the python "setuptools" be taught to cross compile in a, hm,
canonical way?\ 


Ash Charles <ash...@gm...> writes:

cepi-

> Hi Gordon,

>
> I had a look at getting ROS as a bitbake recipe based on the
> instructions here
> (http://www.ros.org/wiki/cturtle/Installation/Ubuntu/SVN) however, as
> they are using a custom installation tool, it wasn't clear to me what
> actually needed to be compiled etc.; if you have more insight or
> experience compiling ROS, please let me know and I'll spiffy up the
> recipe.
>
> As it is, I know some users have built ROS by installing Ubuntu (see
> http://www.gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_Ubuntu_10.04_on_Gumstix_Overo),
> and then native compiling ROS using the SVN instructions mentioned
> above; this will probably take a long time but should work.  Once
> compiled, I'm sure you can move the code anywhere i.e. back to the
> better supported and lighter-weight Angstrom distro.
>
> -Ash
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:21 AM, gordondobie
> <gor...@ee...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We are looking to run ROS on the Gumstix Overo Fire and have a few of
>> questions.
>>
>> 1. Is the Overo fast enough to run ROS effectively?
>>
>> 2. Does anyone have any experience on whether it is better to try and
>> compile ROS to run on the regular Angstrom image, or go down the Ubuntu
>> route?
>>
>> 3. I see that if we use an Ubuntu image, we can drop in the modules and
>> firmware from the regular Gumstix images.  If we take this approach is there
>> risk that we might have trouble getting peripherals to work, such as I2C,
>> GPIO or the UARTS?
>>
>> Many thanks, Gordon
>>
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