sorry, for digging out that old thread, but i never got an answer to this one.
I think you are at debconf - maybe we could meet there? Jens Thiele <ka...@karme.de> writes: > Karsten Merker <mer...@debian.org> writes: > >> Ah, so the configuration happens via specific build-time config >> options and not via the u-boot environment. In that case, >> building additional variants would of course work rather easily >> by defining additional targets, but we would end up with a really >> large number of possible combinations: each of the 7 currently >> supported Olimex boards with LCD option in a non-LCD, 7-inch-LCD >> and 10-inch-LCD variant > > looks like there are even some more: > https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/LCD/ > 4.3, 7, 10, 15.6, 15.6FHD > > so maybe > 7 * 6 * 2 = 84 > >> , the two Lemaker boards in a non-LCD, >> 3.5-inch-LCD, 5-inch-LCD and 7-inch-LCD variant (and possibly >> even more if the TS- and non-TS versions should require different >> display parameters), plus any other boards with LCD option that >> we might support in the future. >> >> Just for Olimex and Lemaker we would end up with 29(!) variants >> in total today and I think that this is really too much. > > better alternatives? > > looking at: > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/ > does it really matter whether there are 15 or 150 ? -- Prisirah - Building digital photo frames for family and friends using open-source hardware. http://karme.de/prisirah/
