James wrote: >Aurlien Reynaud <aurelien.reynaud <at> atosorigin.com> writes: > > > > >>my PVR is based on an Epia-10000M mainboard (C3 Nehemiah processor) and >>a hauppauge PVR250 TV tuner card. It has known no other OS than Gentoo >>and is doing quite well. >> >>Some hardware features are still bleeding edge for Linux (hw MPEG2 >>decoding under Xorg), but most development in this area happens on >>Gentoo first, thanks to its flexibility. So if you want Linux on this >>platform, you cannot find better than Gentoo. However, getting a fully >>functional system is not easy and you will have to be confortable with >>~x86, portage overlays, ebuild editing, etc... >> >>If you don't need support for maximal multimedia features (eg you plan >>to use it for server/router purposes) a standard Gentoo install will be >>OK. >> >>Of course we are talking 1GHz cpus, so if you plan to build Gentoo from >>stage 1, what you will need most is patience... >> >> > >Any 'Howtos' floating around? I'd also be interested in builing a Gentoo >multimedia appliance, based on the Nehemiah processor. These issues you >have indicated seem to suggest a 'howto' is needed specifically for Gentoo >on a Via processor. For instances the details kernel building. Did you >do it cross-compiling on an x86 machine, or natively on the Nehemiah >processor? > >Also how well is the Mpeg2 HW working? Can your get a stable stream and >use ffmpeg to convert it to another form of video such as H.263 or H.264? > >Ideas and details are most welcome..... > >James > > > > > > > There are, I am using the EPIAWIKI gentoo guide (epiawiki.org). This is a site dedicated to the EPIA platform. and has good how-tos for installation of gentoo. (i am currently in the process of building from stage 1 gentoo on an EPIA-ME6000 mini-itx board, its taken about a day and a bit and am not finished yet).
It also tells you about optimisations for the C3 processors and what to look out for (e.g. use -Os for best optimisation (not -O3 or -O2) - i didnt think of that one) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
