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Re: Building embedded arm on a NSLU2



On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:58:28 +0200
Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote:

> Am 2007-07-24 14:16:14, schrieb Neil Williams:
> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:52:07 +0200
> > Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > I have problems to build emdebian on a NSLU2.
> > 
> > Depends what you mean. There isn't an Emdebian distribution at this
> > stage and the current packages are at a very early stage.
> 
> Then it should be "a little bit forced"...  :-)

This isn't something that can be forced - if more developers become
available, things will happen quicker.
 
> I have the need for a bunch of Server and (ultra light) Workstations
> based on "arm", "mips" or i386 (I am not speaking about Pentium M or
> such, since the consume too much energy)

Emdebian is not at that stage, yet.

> > Not that much of a surprise - the emdebian packages do not currently
> > include a kernel.
> 
> What are the exact requirements for this Kernel?

Depends on the intended machine. :-)

Take a look at OpenEmbedded.
 
> Maybe I am blind or does the Website does not contain infos about it?

Not about specific kernels at the moment, no.
 
> It would be nice, if there is a TODO list of things which should be
> done with an attched list what to do...  So everyone can pickup a
> "project" and work on it.

http://www.emdebian.org/develinfo.html#todo

http://www.emdebian.org/emdebian/todo.html
 
> > Currently, emdebian is cross-building, not native building. There
> > are packages that build but there is no image that can be installed
> > at present.
> 
> And?  --  What must be done to build such image?

Build more packages, fix bugs in those cross-built packages, keep those
packages updated against latest Debian sources. Keep the toolchains
installable and in sync with Debian, generate and maintain the
documentation and helper scripts.
 
> Note: My contract with the french Ministry of Defense ends on
> 2007-07-31 and I want o leave France permanently and I will live in
> my two MobilHomes where I have ONLY 16 Photopholtaik panels of 75 Watt
>       and an Internet connection over GlobelSat...
> 
>       This is, WHY I switch from i386/amd64 to arm/mips.

5 days? Please tell, what was it about the Emdebian project that led
you to think that anything related to Emdebian could be available for
installation on any system within 5 days?

At this stage, I'm hoping to get a usable system by the end of this
year, not this month.

I think you may have severely underestimated the amount of work
required.

-- 

Neil Williams
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