Re: Building our own targets

HI,

On Monday 22 January 2007 19:24, Kevin Fries wrote:
> Is there any how-to on how to build a completely custom target from
> scratch?
>
> We are trying to build a target, that frankly would be of no use to
> anyone else, because it would be specifically targeted at a specific
> hardware platform.  I keep looking at T2 because what I actually need is
> several variations of the same base software package.  Some of these
> packages are custom, most are standard packages.  The structure of T2
> seems ideal for our needs, but I have been having more than just a few
> issues working with some of the prebuilt targets.  Since the previously
> defined targets are not what I really want anyway, I feel that I am
> spinning my wheels needlessly.
>
> So, what I was hoping to do is start from a base package that fires up
> using uClibc and busybox, and boots to a ash shell.  Nothing more.  If
> any of you have built the default buildroot target, that is what I want,
> plus the boot loader and kernel.  Once that is built, I can start
> incorporating our custom applications.  In our case, we are not building
> a general purpose machine, so the line between OS and APP will be nearly
> non-existent.
>
> Is there any type of how-to that can help me do this in T2?

When you searched thru the T2 Handbook and the homepage HTML then probably not 
yet. However we are currently overworkign the Handbook radically and writing 
especially this target how-tos because it the whole book will go into print 
this year.

When you speak about uClibC and Busybox you should find the new rescue target 
quite matching - it exactly does this.

When you do not want a LiveCD but some pre-build ext2/squashfs the final image 
creation can be just scripted at the end.

If you run into an issue with the rescue target just ask about this issues on 
the list and we can discuss them in detail (until the homepage has this 
mentioned sections).

Btw. Will your target be x86 or for a different architecture?

Yours,

-- 
  René Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin
  http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name
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