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isaac.pineda at gtd

Jun 2, 2008, 11:11 PM

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Gentoo on PC/104

Hello all,

Our platform is a PC/104 (x86) with additional boards (analog and digital
I/O, serial ports, ethernet, etc.)

We are thinking of using gentoo as OS. Do you know what are the
advantages/disadvantages of using this Linux distribution over the others?
(Suse, Ubuntu, Redhat, etc.) any recommendation for an embedded OS?

And if so, what development tools should I use to develop my applications?

Thank you in advance!
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karl at hiramoto

Jun 2, 2008, 11:43 PM

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Re: Gentoo on PC/104 [In reply to]

ispiam wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Our platform is a PC/104 (x86) with additional boards (analog and digital
> I/O, serial ports, ethernet, etc.)
>
> We are thinking of using gentoo as OS. Do you know what are the
> advantages/disadvantages of using this Linux distribution over the others?
> (Suse, Ubuntu, Redhat, etc.) any recommendation for an embedded OS?
>
Well of course gentoo is very customizable. You should decide if you
want to use uclibc or glibc (Depending on your RAM, Flash/Disk
storrage). Other distros AFIK don't have the option to use uclibc.

Perhaps you should read:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TinyGentoo
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Embedded_Gentoo

Another option is to roll your own with buildroot, and if you want
"packages" use ipkg.

> And if so, what development tools should I use to develop my applications?
>
Gcc, and make.? :-)

Some people like eclipse.
> Thank you in advance!
>

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peter at stuge

Jun 6, 2008, 1:05 PM

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Re: Gentoo on PC/104 [In reply to]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 11:11:54PM -0700, ispiam wrote:
> We are thinking of using gentoo as OS. Do you know what are the
> advantages/disadvantages of using this Linux distribution over the
> others?
> (Suse, Ubuntu, Redhat, etc.) any recommendation for an embedded OS?

I like Gentoo a lot.

Especially with an x86 system, catalyst is quite handy to build the
system image.

> And if so, what development tools should I use to develop my
> applications?

Nothing can beat C IMO, so gcc and if you want GUI your favorite
toolkit.

//Peter
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