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New kid on embedded Linux block -- Gentoo (LinuxDevices)
LinuxDevices takes a look
at embedded Gentoo. "A project to create embedded versions of Gentoo
Linux has achieved preliminary releases on x86, MIPS, PPC, and ARM. The
releases include native core system binaries, cross-platform toolchains,
and, for x86, an optional hardened toolchain. The year-old project needs
developers to help add cross-compile awareness to source packages."
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I guess that means Gentoo has come full circle from the Zynot fork Posted Dec 4, 2004 1:58 UTC (Sat) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link] Interesting. Looks like Gentoo finally got over the Zynot fork*, which unfortunately took many of the Gentoo embedded developers with it. --- * Zynot was a fork of Gentoo targeting embedded and started with grand ambitions, altho unfortunately with a lot of animosity, as well. The Zynot Foundation, a 501(c) (3) corp, now appears to be dead, with the most authoritative statement to that effect being in Zach Welch's CELF (Consumer Electronics Linux Forum) profile, where he states "Zynot Yielded Nothing, Operandi Terminus". Duncan (Gentoo user who researched the fork b4 switching to Gentoo)
Trimmed footprint with no docs etc Posted Dec 7, 2004 1:54 UTC (Tue) by AnswerGuy (guest, #1256) [Link] The main feature I'd like to see from all of the source trees for all Gentoopackages would be a build option to forego installing all of the docs, man pages, etc.
Just keep the storage and memory footprints small with minimal fuss; that's the first concern of most embedded systems developer (the zeroth is support
JimD
Trimmed footprint with no docs etc Posted Dec 10, 2004 1:35 UTC (Fri) by dberkholz (subscriber, #23346) [Link] You mean like FEATURES="nodoc noman"?
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