From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EhaVf-00004u-1W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:33:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAUMWRU0028287; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:32:27 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAUMWQ5I020034 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:32:26 GMT Received: from adsl-216-103-47-182.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([216.103.47.182] helo=mail.imagesmiths.com) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EhaUz-0005t9-Jb for gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:32:25 +0000 Received: from mail.imagesmiths.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.imagesmiths.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jAUMW96h029892; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:32:14 -0500 Received: (from davelists2@localhost) by mail.imagesmiths.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id jAUMVxDg029890; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:31:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:31:59 -0500 From: David Thomas To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-embedded] New board success story on embedded gentoo Message-ID: <20051130223159.GD29826@peoplemerge.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Archives-Salt: 9026978a-9d3d-4f1e-bcfc-fb303b54df0c X-Archives-Hash: c19fd9003c25a61b78e88cdd5ab83617 To the Gentoo mailing list: I'd like to report gentoo running successfully on a new piece of hardware! It is an ARM Xscale PXA255 based custom board developed by a masters student Will Holland at San Diego State University. This board features the following: * ARM-based Intel PXA-255 * 64MB Flash Memory 128 MB RAM * Xilinx Spartan FPGA * Touchscreen LCD * Serial, USB, PCMCIA, 10/100 Ethernet The intended application is a Stereo Vision Development System, using stepper motor controlled cameras to track moving objects. It may also be used in a research and classroom setting. What did it take to get it working? Not much. (Thanks to the hard work of our team, the bootloader and kernel were already working) * Locating the stage3 tarball took the longest. Of course I eventually found it in the mirror, experimental tree. Obvious place in retrospect. We're using the stage3-arm-uclibc-softfloat-20050811. * Commented out unnecessary fstab entries, our nfsmounted rootfs is coded in the kernel config. * Copied a passwd from an account on a different machine. * Turned on serial console in inittab. That's it! We booted directly into it from there. The whole process, my first time doing embedded gentoo, took about 20 minutes. Good job putting together a very nice package. -- gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list