Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: nightuser on March 24, 2011, 07:24:54 AM

Title: Compile Tiny Core Linux from sources (ARM)
Post by: nightuser on March 24, 2011, 07:24:54 AM

Hello!

I'd like to create an ARM port of Tiny Core Linux... How can I compile it from sources? (for now I've comiled only busybox)

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Compile Tiny Core Linux from sources (ARM)
Post by: MikeLockmoore on March 25, 2011, 02:07:01 PM

1. Download source packages from http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/src/ (http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/src/)

2. ? ? ?

3. Profit!

 8)

OK, more seriously... Building TinyCore Linux for ARM is is occasionally suggested/discussed in the TinyCore Forum, but as far as I know, no one has done more than dabble at this.  In other words, no one has ever made a complete port of TinyCore to ARM, so you won't find a nice recipe to do it here, especially for your set of tools and specific target platform.  

If you are already successful at building busybox for ARM, you might be able to figure it out yourself.  Go for it!  Then figure out how to build the extra device driver modules you need for popular I/O devices that come with ARM systems.  Then be ready to answer all the new requests to support this new ARM version for numerous other ARM platforms/devices that people have.

I don't want to be too discouraging, but a realistic set of expectations will come in handy.
--
Mike Lockmoore

Title: Re: Compile Tiny Core Linux from sources (ARM)
Post by: Rich on March 25, 2011, 02:14:46 PM

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1. Download source packages from http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/src/

2. ? ? ?

3. Profit!

Did you learn that from the underwear gnomes on South Park?

Title: Re: Compile Tiny Core Linux from sources (ARM)
Post by: tinypoodle on March 25, 2011, 03:36:10 PM

There is a thread in italian in international subforum where a user describes many details.

Title: Re: Compile Tiny Core Linux from sources (ARM)
Post by: MikeLockmoore on March 26, 2011, 11:17:53 PM

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Did you learn that from the underwear gnomes on South Park?

Nope.  But my Slashdot ID is < 20,000.   :P

Title: Re: Compile Tiny Core Linux from sources (ARM)
Post by: edofic on April 07, 2011, 04:22:29 PM

what about compiling for chroot on arm?
folks over at xda-developers managed to chroot ubuntu on most android phones so it's possible.
and as far as i understand no drivers are needed as they are already in the host - android.