Re: [Open2x-devel] suggestion to use OpenEmbedded for Open2x

[Anes L. <ane...@we...>]

On Monday 10 September 2007 13:54:40 Robert Schuster wrote:
> Hi Anes,
>
> > Thanks for your post. It sounds interesting.
> > I always thought OE is used to build Apps /Programs for Embedded
> > Devices(especially used in the Automotive Sector, like Controllers etc)
> > which are not controlled by an Operating System.
>
> No, OE is used to built distributions for PDAs, consumer NAS devices
> (Linksys NSLU2), dozens of debug boards, the Gumstix devices and
> whatnot. What all of them share is that they run Linux as the kernel.
>
> > Are there any real examples (compilable, installable and runable) for OE
> > and GP2X ?
>
> No. Not anymore. I wrote the mentioned OE article in 2005 and built
> nano, screen, gnu classpath and jamvm back then.
>
> There are two historical pictures of JamVM running on GNU Classpath:
> http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/robertschuster/images/gp2x_2006
>
> If I find the time I will write a quick distro config which can compile
> application that are compatible to Open2x.
>
> Best regards
> Robert

Hi Robert

Thanks for you quick answer and the provided information.

Due to the fact that I will start working with OE and that my hobby is 
developing / porting Games for GP2x, this sounds like a MUST for me.

Best regards
Anes