On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Jeff Stearns <> wrote:
> I'm wondering about TS. I imagine that they're stretched very thin just
> trying to cobble together the software for their boards. Would they support
> this effort? Would they consider dropping Debian and embracing
> OpenEmbedded?
> - jeff
OpenEmbedded actually uses an embedded version (opkg, formerly ipkg)
of Debian's package manager (dpkg). The distribution of binary files
is very similar, but OpenEmbedded uses BitBake as its build system,
which was actually based on Gentoo's Portage. OE makes building and
maintaining packages much easier, while Opkg makes distributing binary
packages and upgrading live systems much easier.
Actually, I just did some quick searches, and the ep93xx chips are
already supported in u-Boot. Furthermore, another quick search showed
that other ep93xx boards are already in the OE database.
In my opinion, everybody wins with a switch to OE. It's hard to debate
that it has become the de-facto standard on everything embedded from
the Linksys WRT54GL to the Neo FreeRunner.
Cheers,
Chris
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
|