Re: Status of Emdebian Grip
Peter Korsgaard <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.embedded |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Whittaker <[email protected]> writes: Hi, > We (ThinLinX Inc, http://thinlinx.com) are using Grip 3.1 on a variant > of the Beagleboard xM that has *no* SD card slot and only 256 MiB of > NAND flash in which to fit U-Boot, kernel, main userspace and recovery > userspace (yes, I know what you are going to say - this is a "design > flaw" that we brought on ourselves). This means that I have to cram > Debian into 211 MiB for the main userspace. It's a difficult job > getting Grip to fit in this space, there is no chance that standard > Debian would fit. > This device is an omni-protocol thin client, and it has to be able to > support COTS add-ons such as Citrix Receiver, provide an up-to-date X > server, web browser, and full-featured subsystems such as CUPS, so > Crush is not a viable alternative for us. What about any of the other embedded build systems? -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard