Re: Building an old uClibc version with gcc

2011-08-25 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 02:20:00PM +1200, Ian Barnes wrote: > Hello Laurent, > > Many thanks for that - it was precisely the answer I was after, something > from a knowledgeable person. On your advice I have compiled a static httpd > enabled busybox - this worked flawlessly on the target MIPS mach

RE: Building an old uClibc version with gcc

2011-08-25 Thread Ian Barnes
t: Re: Building an old uClibc version with gcc Hello Ian, First, a quick and dirty solution to what you want to achieve: - go to http://www.landley.net/aboriginal/ and download a prebuilt binary toolchain from x86 to your appliance's architecture. - download busybox (http://busybox.net/

Re: Building an old uClibc version with gcc

2011-08-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 07:12:39AM +0200, Laurent Bercot wrote: > > I understand about static/dynamic linking, but would prefer dynamic to keep > > memory usage down > > You are falling for a widespread myth. > > 1. Build a static tcpsvd+httpd busybox with an Aboriginal Linux toolchain. > 2. Run

Re: Building an old uClibc version with gcc

2011-08-22 Thread Laurent Bercot
> I understand about static/dynamic linking, but would prefer dynamic to keep > memory usage down You are falling for a widespread myth. 1. Build a static tcpsvd+httpd busybox with an Aboriginal Linux toolchain. 2. Run it, with 40 simultaneous client connections to the web server. 3. Use the 'me

RE: Building an old uClibc version with gcc

2011-08-22 Thread Ian Barnes
build/configuration information) that would help? Kind regards, Ian. -Original Message- From: Lennart Sorensen [mailto:lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 3:01 p.m. To: Ian Barnes Cc: uclibc@uclibc.org Subject: Re: Building an old uClibc version with gcc Given the way ucli

Re: Building an old uClibc version with gcc

2011-08-22 Thread Laurent Bercot
Hello Ian, First, a quick and dirty solution to what you want to achieve: - go to http://www.landley.net/aboriginal/ and download a prebuilt binary toolchain from x86 to your appliance's architecture. - download busybox (http://busybox.net/), select the tcpsvd and httpd applets, fill in the "

Re: Building an old uClibc version with gcc

2011-08-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 02:29:58PM +1200, Ian Barnes wrote: > Hopefully I have picked a suitable list for this question, I realise this > isn't strictly a development question - but I couldn't find a better place > to ask. > > I have an embedded appliance running linux that I am trying to build a