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On 05/05/18 00:19, Stuart Longland wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I'm slowly pulling together a build of Gentoo/MUSL for ARMv5 machines. |
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> Right now I've cross-compiled a build environment using OpenADK, thrown |
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> that onto a Technologic Systems TS-7670, and let it rip. |
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> I've had some set backs, with power black-outs and such, but the build |
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> is chugging along on the little machine… which has similar |
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> specifications to the old Cobalt Qube II that I used to use for |
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> Gentoo/MIPS (mipsel4) stage builds. |
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> CPU: Freescale i.MX286 at 454MHz (1 core) |
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> RAM: 128MB |
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> HDD: 1TB SATA via USB 2.0 |
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> Gentoo/MUSL is a good fit for these machines I believe due to the low |
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> RAM footprint, and gcc aside (which takes nearly a week to compile), is |
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> more manageable on this low-end hardware. |
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> Is there any interest in the stages once they're built? |
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I'm currently working on some armv6j musl stages also, but talking to |
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blueness, we might be on our own to 'support' them. That said, I agree |
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that Musl is a good fit for these lower-power CPUs, and am happy to |
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share thoughts/rubber-duck if it helps you. If you don't already, |
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perhaps hang out in #gentoo-arm on Freenode IRC, and we can collate ideas! |
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Best regards, |
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Michael. |
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