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Hello, |
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Well, I got a alix.2D3+b board with an onboard Geode LX. |
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I intend to set up embedded Gentoo on this system, |
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eventually. |
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But first, I want to set up some old x86 hardware |
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on 4G CF cards, along with the Alix and TS boards, just to |
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get all of the hardware up and working. I have these (old |
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PC) systems {AMD-K6, i586, Pentium2, p3 and p4} and these |
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SBC {Alix.2D3-B (Geode) and TS-5500 (AMD elon-SC520)}. |
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I want to set up a simple gentoo install on |
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a 4G CF that will boot all of the machines above, |
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test hardware and then get individual, optimized |
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embedded gentoo running on these platforms some time in |
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the future. I have several of the CF cards, so a single |
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image that boots all of the aforementioned hardware, is the |
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goal. |
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Here is my proposed make.conf (generic x86) settings: |
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CHOST="i586-PC-linux-gnu" |
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CFLAGS="-Os -march=i586 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" |
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CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
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USE="-* -nls ncurses ssl crypt berkdb perl pcre \ |
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python readline zlib bzip2 nptl nptlonly syslog " |
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Maybe add these flags {fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 pge} |
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or will that be redundant? |
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Any refinements or suggestions that will work across |
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the broad range of x86 machines are most welcome. |
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Later, once I start building embedded gentoo from a cross |
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compiled environment, I still want to keep the same flag |
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settings across all of these x86 variants, loosing some |
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performance, but being able to use a singular set of |
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binaries on these minimalist (x86) systems. |
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Your comments and observations are most welcome. |
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James |