On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 18:29 +0000, Karl_R wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to the embedded linux stuff, but given that creating an embedded > linux system envolves creating the GNU tool-chain then picking and > compiling what goes onto your target system, what do you have to add to > make it an embedded gentoo system?
Yes. > > mayby that is a niave question and perhaps what I really mean is what > makes it gentoo? does it have to have portage and the gentoo /sbin/rc or > is there more to it? But seriously, it is whatever you make of it. For all I care, you can have a kernel with a statically compiled busybox and call it Gentoo. Portage allows you to do all sorts of things that no one intended you to do with it. In fact, the currently released version of baselayout-lite (some might argue that baselayout is one of the main things that makes Gentoo what it is) doesn't even begin to resemble normal baselayout. And we certainly won't suggest that you put portage on your embedded devices. > > Cheers > > Karl > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- [email protected] mailing list
