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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G3xX2-0000K6-RP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:07:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6LG6DnE027158; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:06:13 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.5.131]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6LG6C0f028413 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:06:12 GMT Received: from [192.168.2.23] (buffer.net [24.73.161.102]) by ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6LG6AQe024926; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:06:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <44C0FF15.5010702@tampabay.rr.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:21:41 -0400 From: wireless User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060616 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org CC: Christopher Friedt Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] list of devices / boards, subprojects for each? References: <200607201806.08828.ladmanj@volny.cz> <44C14112.3060602@visible-assets.com> <200607210142.27411.vapier@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200607210142.27411.vapier@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Archives-Salt: bec66835-6bb1-4e70-ae5a-6a0377edce49 X-Archives-Hash: bc7e43b923fa101740f332fbb02add4d Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Friday 21 July 2006 17:03, Christopher Friedt wrote: >>Is there a published list of boards and their status for embedded gentoo? > we dont support boards at the moment, just architectures > getting a bsp up and running is left as an exercise for the end user ;) >>Would anyone be interested in polishing up a gentoo embedded port onto >>that platform with me? > WRT54G ? that's mipsel right ? we've got mipsel/uclibc and mipsel/glibc > running ... >>Has anyone published a list of minimum or suggested specs for devices in >>terms of ram / flash ? > again, see previous comment ... > as you can see, Gentoo/embedded is at the 'for developers' stage ... it could > use a lot of work before being ready 'for users' and doing mini bsp releases > for like the nslu2/wrt54g/what-have-you ... if you really feel like getting > down and dirty, this is an area that is wide open at the moment ;) > -mike Well, I agree, all of this is a good idea and 'wide open'. I'm in the process of customizing a firewall, with several DMZs to put up embedded systems for outside developers to access and control various mechanical and imaging systems. I have an old TS-5500, based on AMD 133 MHz 586 PCMCIA, which is available. Besides using an x86 for a baseline, as an intro SBC to embedded gentoo, would ease the transition from workstation/server gentoo to embedded gentoo. After folks get use to embedded gentoo on an x86 platform, then they can diverge into a second embedded platform (arm, mips, sh, blackfin, ppc)..... Softening the upward migration path to so that other can migrate to embedded gentoo contributors is a good idea. I'd be receptive to purchasing/hosting several systems in this (embedded)DMZ for folks to play with, especially if there is a 'turnkey' packaging where all I have to do is re-flash a SD/CF card, modify configs and boot up the system, in the event something goes wrong. There would also have to be an ACL (Access Control List) such that I could regulate who gets access to these boards. I could use some suggestions on iptables rules for this (embedded) DMZ. I have spoken to several folks in the past that have tried this, and maintaining security is always a challenge. So a limited ACL in the beginning until the security mechanisms mature, is a prudent step. thoughts? James -- gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list