On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Guillaume Leteller <guillaume.letell...@arm.com> wrote: > Hi > >> In the developer platforms team we're working on getting the >> linaro-nano image so that it is considerably smaller. > > Brilliant! > >> Some highlights to nano: >> * The linaro-image boots just as our linaro-headless image did >> (upstart and friends) >> * it can be updated, or additional pkgs installed via apt-get >> * networking works >> * busybox is in use tho not necessarily universally >> * ureadahead, python, have been removed >> * docs have been removed >> * linux-firmware has been removed (binary kernel firmware blobs) >> * locales is remove >> >> Installed image is 125 Megs. (Down from 290 Meg) We're on the cusp of >> being able to fit into 128 megs of flash. > > Isn't it quite big for a "Nano" image? It looks like a size for a > 'developer' version. > Do we know why it's so big?
It's a process. I'd like to get down to 64 Meg but one step at a time, 128 Meg being a first step. I feel this is reasonable as both my Beagle C4 and Beagle Xm both have 256 Meg of NAND. > In comparison, ARM developed AEL/ALIP > (http://www.linux-arm.org/LinuxFilesystem/AELFileSystemPage) and we were > hoping to use Linaro's Nano image from now on. > The size of the AEL/ALIP minimal version (busybox, ssh) was only 25MB > (compressed - Cramfs). And the version with X11 and a desktop was 55MB. Indeed. > Those images are useful for development boards with 64MB of flash or when > using CPU models. Do you have some boards in mind that only have 64Meg of Flash? >> > 3) linaro-media-create should have some kind of option (--nano) to >> > clear out apt caches (saves ~40 meg of space) >> >> If you want this it should be an easy change to make. > > This looks good if it's an easy change. > > Does it address the problem with Modules and firmware? > Is it possible to get an image without Hwpacks? > > Regards, > > Guillaume Thanks for the info and feedback Guillaume. Regards, Tom _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
