On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 05:57:22PM +0000, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
> "info at smallinnovations.nl" <info@???> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> >>> >I have no experience in setting up a distro, toolchain and
> >>> >the like but always prepared to learn something new. It would be
> >>> >usefull for myself too because my next webradio will be a Pi Zero in
> >>> >a lunchbox.
> >>>
> > This remains: compiling a kernel already takes hours on a Pi A+ or B+
> > with leaves the question how much is needed for a complete distro.
>
> The usual way to do this would be to use a cross-compiler (compiler
> creating code for a different CPU than the one it runs on) on a more
> powerful machine.

And that's exactly what I am working to achieve. As I said, the
toolchain to cross-compile for armv6+fpu2 (rpi0/rpi1) works. I have
cross-compiled and tested on rpi0 a pretty large (custom) software
suite which makes heavy usage of floating point stuff. And it works
perfectly. Next step on my agenda is to cross-compile a complete
kernel + bash + essential binaries and libraries for a minimal boot
into single-user mode. If everything goes smooth, I will then speak to
the Devuan gurus to see how we can start a port for the rpi0/rpi1
(which we could call "pi-vuan", e.g. spelling it "pi-v1" :D) and
integrate it within the amprolla architecture, but this will not
happen before Devuan Beta is out.

HND

KatolaZ

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