Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Christian Affolter <c.affolter@××××××××××××××.ch>
To: Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] busybox and virtuals (editor, pager etc.)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:04:29
Message-Id: 4A671C65.3040809@stepping-stone.ch
1 Hi Ed
2
3 > I'm currently doing something very similar - would be interested to
4 > compare notes and build scripts.
5
6 Sure, right now I don't have any fancy build scripts, as I'm in the
7 prototype phase... More or less following the Gentoo Embedded Handbook
8 approaches.
9
10
11 > Right now I have quite a few patches
12 > to get all this to build correctly. Still not got dbus built though...
13
14 Luckily I don't have to use dbus ;)
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16
17 > Note, I got quite a long way with mdev, but having some problems getting
18 > module loading working correctly with hotplug. Switched to udev for
19 > some testing, but may look to go back to mdev at some point.
20
21 OK, good to know. Therefore I will stick with udev.
22 I have static device nodes at the moment, but would like to switch to a
23 dynamic solution.
24
25
26 > Additionally I have gone hardened + aufs with the intention to use a
27 > squashfs+aufs root image
28 >
29 > Slightly buggered in that I can't get git built in my chroot either...
30 > Would like to push all this stuff out somewhere, but this makes it more
31 > tricky...
32
33 Why don't you use git from outside of your embedded-root?
34
35
36 > Good luck with your project
37
38 Thanks, same to you
39 Chris