[uClibc] uclibc/busybox based distros

Robert Schwebel robert at schwebel.de
Sat Jun 11 08:54:26 UTC 2005


On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 06:53:48PM -0700, Brian Beattie wrote:
> I'm interested in a busybox/uclinux based distro for embedded work (of
> course).  I want to build from source everything includng tools and
> compiler.  I'm thinking about doing my own based on build root adding
> the kernel and maybe lilo.
> 
> Before I spent too much time I thought I'd ask if anybody has allready
> done this, or something like it.  I want to support MMU based targets,
> x86, mips or maybe arm, so uclinux is not what I need I think.

Have a look at PTXdist: 

	http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist_en.html

It has a [menu|x]config frontend, uses crosstool for toolchain
compilation and works with busybox and glibc or uclibc. 

Robert
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