From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L354j-0001hG-8w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:39:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3736E0410; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:39:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96BC7E0410 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:39:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c7so195543nfi.26 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:39:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to :references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4RurmhKuyFOOtkfirV+pD9/CciEa1RC/lnogJMCjlvs=; b=ucSiHHD/DB5ZY+sVUgoxbJokKIoQuk0EpXTu6Y1bt/OcR0NzYSWopOBSC4CsyxjaLm 7wTkhM+YgtOM7M6NdilxKIhhH/zfAM8K+nIxd6euCmw0TTtiwCApIZc9Fc9DJJn6W8yL OXXhME/hXasW5d5BUQe4VNgSVkPpAkhI62EQE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=m06LoSfbUgpFH2aJ4uDxHkPAwtHT9uRoXYKtNZGsRysgi4wAnJEhZyamd6/oPTfOaC EhwzmV1HuShjMoVTd45VrSkLc9dw0GlPc1I0H4Jts2L85K2zbQS4CuVH1m1hXwtOy1XR TDM99qWccj2RPcwzpAx/zSNqjDIXZylePH0u8= Received: by 10.210.91.7 with SMTP id o7mr1690182ebb.61.1227170382085; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:39:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.65.0.5? (149-13-151.oke2-bras2.adsl.tele2.no [90.149.13.151]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm322372eyg.32.2008.11.20.00.39.40 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:39:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Configuration of an embedded system From: Natanael Copa To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20081120105052.GC2577@tarpman.is-a-geek.org> References: <8349216a0810100607s9f70ab4tbead2eb697e7e1e3@mail.gmail.com> <20081115054727.GE21400@nibiru.local> <001d01c94a37$e4331720$ac994560$@com> <20081120105052.GC2577@tarpman.is-a-geek.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:39:38 +0100 Message-Id: <1227170378.8518.72.camel@nc> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6aaee8ac-5a53-4fcd-93f0-e56be15c5574 X-Archives-Hash: 7705f8cda7593b5a34396a069b614a98 On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 02:50 -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:13:46AM -0000, Gareth McClean wrote: > > a) Do any open source projects target the initial setup of an embedded > > system i.e. basics like manually configuring an Ethernet port, configuration > > of wireless networking or possibly other essentials like hostname, timezone, > > etc? > > I either use Gentoo's baselayout or openrc, or write my own simple init > script, depending on what I'm doing. I don't know of any init system > projects that are targeted specifically at embedded. I have an alpine-baselayout that is a simplified gentoo basealyout (without openrc) targetted gentoo-embedded. It uses busybox's ifup -a (debian style /etc/network/interface) http://dev.alpinelinux.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/alpine-baselayout/ -nc