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Ühel kenal päeval, E, 26.06.2017 kell 10:32, kirjutas R0b0t1: |
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> If you want to use Gentoo on an embedded device you should be ready |
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> to set up crossdev and a crossroot for it. |
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That's for sure, except... RPi3 is NOT an embedded device in any |
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traditional sense of the word and I don't really like the term extended |
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to such machines. Embedded is what I'd call a Cortex-M maybe, not some |
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general purpose Cortex-A quad core 64bit "beast" with full USB/HDMI and |
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OpenGL support. It runs circles around the first desktop machine I |
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installed Gentoo on. It is roughly equal to your low end cheap Atom |
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type laptops as far as CPU performance is concerned. It just has a slow |
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I/O and less RAM than we consider the norm these days. |
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I see no reason to crossroot for it unless that's ones desire in itself |
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(for example when it works, it might be worth the time save for mass |
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testing of stuff, e.g initial arch team work), or you really need it |
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for some working linker memory limitations when trying to do some |
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desktop stuff (browser engines, rust). For headless cases, not worth |
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the hassle whatsoever imho. Yes, gcc itself will take half a day or |
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whatnot, but hey, it's just taking you some 3-5W chugging along. |
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crossdev sure, if you think with the limited I/O a distcc host can help |
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out. |
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But sure, it can be educational, so have at it if you want; when it |
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works, it'll get your packages done faster if you have a beefy x86_64. |
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