Re: [gentoo-embedded] Coldfire

[wireless]

Christopher Friedt wrote:
> Hi James
>
> wireless wrote:
>> Has anyone built/hacked  embedded gentoo onto a coldfire?
>> Minimalistic or kernel plus a few packages would be ok.
>> Has anyone even attempted to put some subset of embedded
>> gentoo onto a coldfire?
>
> I would suggest trying crossdev with the target:
>
> m68k-softfloat-uclinux-uclibc
>
> See http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/?part=1&chap=3
>
> If it's supported directly in the linux kernel, then you might be able
> to just use
>
> m68k-softfloat-linux-uclibc
>
> but I'm not sure if that will work.
>
> Use uclibc for sure (no mmu). uClibc also has a dynamic / shared object
> loader as well, which was developed in recent years, so even on mmu-less
> systems you can still use functions analogous to dlopen(), dlsym() (AFAIK).
>
> Of course, whether or not the patchsets are incorporated is another
> story, but since Coldfire is a pretty well ironed-out architecture, I'm
> sure you won't have any issues.
>
> Using portage as a build tool for mmu-less systems is a great idea in my
> opinion. I would suggest using Ned's crossdev-wrappers as well (search
> the list).


Yea, I still researching my options.
Also, the are continuing to beef up the
performance of the high end chips, in the coldfire
family.

When I figure out what I'm going to do, I'll drop
a note on the list, to let anyone comment on the
approach.


Thanks,

James