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Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Friday 21 July 2006 17:03, Christopher Friedt wrote: |
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>>Is there a published list of boards and their status for embedded gentoo? |
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> we dont support boards at the moment, just architectures |
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> getting a bsp up and running is left as an exercise for the end user ;) |
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>>Would anyone be interested in polishing up a gentoo embedded port onto |
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>>that platform with me? |
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> WRT54G ? that's mipsel right ? we've got mipsel/uclibc and mipsel/glibc |
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> running ... |
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>>Has anyone published a list of minimum or suggested specs for devices in |
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>>terms of ram / flash ? |
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> again, see previous comment ... |
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> as you can see, Gentoo/embedded is at the 'for developers' stage ... it could |
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> use a lot of work before being ready 'for users' and doing mini bsp releases |
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> for like the nslu2/wrt54g/what-have-you ... if you really feel like getting |
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> down and dirty, this is an area that is wide open at the moment ;) |
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> -mike |
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Well, I agree, all of this is a good idea and 'wide open'. I'm in |
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the process of customizing a firewall, with several DMZs to put |
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up embedded systems for outside developers to access and control |
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various mechanical and imaging systems. |
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I have an old TS-5500, based on AMD 133 MHz 586 PCMCIA, which |
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is available. Besides using an x86 for a baseline, as an intro |
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SBC to embedded gentoo, would ease the transition from |
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workstation/server gentoo to embedded gentoo. After folks get use |
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to embedded gentoo on an x86 platform, then they can diverge into |
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a second embedded platform (arm, mips, sh, blackfin, ppc)..... |
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Softening the upward migration path to so that other can |
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migrate to embedded gentoo contributors is a good idea. |
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I'd be receptive to purchasing/hosting several systems in this |
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(embedded)DMZ for folks to play with, especially if there is a |
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'turnkey' packaging where all I have to do is re-flash a SD/CF |
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card, modify configs and boot up the system, in the event |
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something goes wrong. |
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There would also have to be an ACL (Access Control List) such |
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that I could regulate who gets access to these boards. |
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I could use some suggestions on iptables rules for this |
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(embedded) DMZ. I have spoken to several folks in the past that |
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have tried this, and maintaining security is always a challenge. |
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So a limited ACL in the beginning until the security mechanisms |
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mature, is a prudent step. |
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thoughts? |
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James |
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