Re: Full Linux distributions

Hello Brian,

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Brian Silverman
[off-list ref] wrote:

I'm looking for advice into what Linux distributions (rootfs) people are
using for the PowerPC.

Specifically, I'm currently using busybox for my core rootfs, but I'm

buildroot I guess, not busybox (alone).

looking for an alternative that will allow me to:
  - easily add new packages

  - is binary compatible with the PPC405. 440, and Freescale 85xx cores.

binary compatible? You mean it can build binaries for those cores?

  - can be large (compared to the usual embedded devices), say in the 100MB
to 1GB range.  It will sit on an SD card.
  - Can be built/maintained under cygwin, and can generate a ext2 image
(e.g. with gen2extfs)

  3) OpenEmbedded (doesn't seem to currently support cygwin)

My preference is to use OpenEmbedded and do so under a Linux host
system (any will do).
As I don't want to be tied to a certain host OS, Emdebian or
Gentoo-Embedded are no-go for me.

I have used tools and rootfs systems like crosstool, buildroot, LFS before.

There is also LTIB by Freescale, tried that?

Regards,
-- 
Leon