[wellylug] embedded arm-linux anybody?

[Jethro Carr]

On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 12:39, David McNab wrote:
> David Antliff wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 28 May 2005, Arnim Littek wrote:
> > 
> >> On Sat, 28 May 2005 14:56:50 +1200 simon eatough
> >> <s.eatough at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi there , wonder if anybody on the list has experience of running
> >>> embedded
> >>> liniux on an arm9 cored micro ?.
> >>
> >>
> >> DavidA and I mucked about with an early version of Linux for iPAQ (ie.
> >> StrongARM).
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, we made use of the Familiar and Intimate linux distros at
> > handhelds.org. I forget the exact model number of the iPAQs concerned
> > but the processor was a StrongARM SA-1110 if memory serves. Do you have
> > arm9-specific issues or maybe something we might be able to help you with?
> 
> The whole gcc toolchain supports ARM, and the kernel has all the needed
> ARM support.
> 
> Maybe it's then a matter of following the 'Linux From Scratch' recipes.

I wish...

It's quite a bit complex, as you have to build a cross-compiling
chain...

I tried to do it to build a 64bit version of jedo, and I still haven't
got it going... the biggest problem is there are certain flaws that come
up, that aren't mentioned in the LFS books, and there's surprisingly
little on the web. :-(


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