Re: [gentoo-embedded] PPC embedded base package

[Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org>]

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 21:43 -0400, Anthony Russello wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm working on a base layout for an embedded system based on the
> Freescale 8241 chip, and was wondering what might be available in the
> world of gentoo for that purpose.
> 
> Here are the requirements we've laid out:
> 
> Read/write /etc (jffs2 filesystem)
> /var is a ramdisk, /tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp
> / is read only otherwise (cramfs filesystem)
You could go with squashfs here and save quite a bit more space.

> As far as apps, we basically just need:
> 
> boa
boa is nice. note also busybox has an httpd that's cgi aware.

> busybox 
By default our busybox is built with allsysconfig this enables most tools.

> samba 2.2.x (samba 3 requires additional libraries in the final image)


> sysvinit

I'm pretty sure you don't really need sysvinit with this kind of setup.
The init provided by busybox itself should be adequately sufficient.

> sqlite
> quota-tools

> sys-utils
Whats sys-utils?

> e2fsprogs
For mke2fs/tune2fs?

For jffs2 your going to want/need the sys-fs/mtd package as well.


> Now, we created one a while back using an axis chip, and they had a full
> development package that we just modified as needed.  In the end we
> wound up with an image that had about 2 MB left over of the eight.
> RIght now, we're kind of starting fresh with an 8241 based system, so I
> wanted to get some input on what recommendations you might have.
> 


> I've already been playing around with a custom thing from the ground up.
> But just in case, I'd like to see if there is something else we could
> look into.

i think that's how most of us got here. It's fun todo the super custom
ground up system for a little while. But it's nice to walk away and come
back 6 months or a year and not have to update every 

> I've been using gentoo for quite some time now (since the 1.4 days) but
> I haven't been following the gentoo embedded list for the most part.
> 
> Cheers,
> Anthony
> 
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