Snapgear Embedded Linux for x86 platform

Nov 05, 2003 1 Replies
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Hi,



I want to run embedded linux on x86 (using PC motherboard as my development system). The application is embedded hence I am not interested in running standard Linux even though the development system is a PC mother board. Especially I am interested in running non-swapping memory model.



I have picked up Snapgear Embedded Linux sources from here

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3.0.0.tar.gz



My question is what tools chain should I choose ? Will the i386 toolchain set from Snapgear's web site be the right choice ? Such as



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Does it contain tools to generate romfs etc. so that I can create a truly embedded system ?



I have a lot of experience in embedded systems but I am a completely newbie when it comes to Linux/Embedded Linux. So any help is really appreciated.



TIA,



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Yes, That toolchain set should do everything you need for any x86 target.

Most of them are in the tgz, any that aren't, either those expected to be on any normal linux development PC, or fairly obvious and easy to download from public places.

let me know if you have trouble finding/using any and we'll try and put them in the next toolchain release.

regards

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Damion de Soto - Software Engineer email: damion@snapgear.com SnapGear --- ph: +61 7 3435 2809 | Custom Embedded Solutions fax: +61 7 3891 3630 | and Security Appliances web: http://www.snapgear.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- Free Embedded Linux Distro at http://www.snapgear.org ---
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