Re: How small can it get?
Grant wrote:
> How small can the Debian ARM rootfs get? Are the packages listed with
> "armel" in the Debian online package database compatible with ARM?
armel is the name for the for the softfloat ARM architecture using the
EABI calling convention. It replaces the old arm architecture, which
used a different calling convention and is now obsolete. arm and armel
are not compatible.
Most modern ARM hardware uses the armhf architecture, which is
*hard*float ARM using the EABI calling convention. armel and armhf are
also not[*] compatible.
If you're looking for small Debian installations, your best bet is
probably to look at the Emdebian project, which is here:
http://www.emdebian.org
[*] unless you really know what you're doing. See multiarch.
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