[gentoo-user] Re: Raspberry Pi & Gentoo?

[James]

Ralf <ralf+gentoo <at> ramses-pyramidenbau.de> writes:


> https://blog.ramses-pyramidenbau.de/?p=188

Very cool!


> >> 2. What distro? Right now I'm using Gentoo on all my servers
> >> but I'm not sure it is the best option for this puppy (Gentoo
> >> puts quite high demands on filesystem). If I redirect all the
> >> compilation work to other "mature" server (distcc/crossdev),
> >> can I use even Gentoo? Or is Raspbian still the better choice?
> > I found distcc hard work when I was installing Gentoo on my Atom box,
> > so I NFS-exported its package directory to a 32-bit chroot on my
> >> workstation, did all the emerging etc. there, including building binary
 > >> packages, then emerge -k on the Atom installed the system with minimum
 > >> fuss.


Ok so, on these small arm systems, what we have is the consolidation  of the
embedded world and the *nix world view of things.

It may be best and easy for you to purchase (relatively) cheap hardware,
downlaod and existing easy distro and run your application; benchmarking
with relevant goals in mind.

Traditional embedded folks look at the primary algorithms and apps that will
run on an embedded processor/ram and maybe go one size larger on the
resources. Tightly constrained. Arm processors come in a myriad of sizes and
features. Personally, if your stuck on Rpi, I ask around in those forums as
to which arm_board you should use for your goals. Stay with non-mechanical
drive/mem as it's rather dumb to put a mechanical drive with a sub-100-watt
embedded board, from an energy consumption perspective, imho.


http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/raspberry-pi

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7724/it-begins-amd-announces-its-first-arm-based-server-soc-64bit8core-opteron-a1100

https://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2321


Just a few links to get you started on proper research.

hth,
James