Re: Status of Emdebian Grip

Peter Korsgaard <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.embedded
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
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