Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Some good words for Gentoo embedded?
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:10:09
Message-Id: 20101230065248.GE10596@nibiru.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Some good words for Gentoo embedded? by David Ford
1 * David Ford <david@×××××××××.org> schrieb:
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3 > i use gentoo on my embedded because i find it incredibly easier to get a
4 > working toolchain, build a $root filesystem, and copy it to something
5 > like flash and i'm all set. that's disregarding the fact that i think
6 > gentoo's system configuration is outlandishly better. particularly when
7 > it comes to networking.
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9 The drawback of it (and similar systems which originate from mainline
10 distros) is that they're limited to relatively "large" devices and
11 tend to be challenged by the fact that the toolsets originally hadn't
12 be designed for that purpose. On the other hand, they heavily benefit
13 from the large amount of already ported packages.
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16 cu
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] Some good words for Gentoo embedded? Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>