Hi all, This might sound as a stupid question (and maybe sligtly off-topic), but I have not found an (easy) answer and I suspect many on this list will have a good suggestion to make:
We are developing (and maintaining) different embedded linux systems based on different PowerPC processors. From small MPC852T with little RAM and Flash, up to 400MHz MPC5200- and MPC5121e based systems that resemble more a PC or netbook than an embedded system in terms of RAM and storage. For smaller systems we use a customized ELDK-based OS and cross-compile almost everything on a PC. For bigger systems we often run a debian-derived OS like Ubuntu, and many pieces are compiled natively on the target... just because it is easy and quick to do, and cross-compiling certain packages can be a real pain. But, a 400 MHz e300 core is not really fast for compiling, so I have been considering buying some sort of PowerPC-based system with a faster processor, just as a "build-server" (a G5 would do wonders I guess). It seems like the only real option is one of the smaller IBM Power servers, but that seems overkill to me. We also don't feel like buying some old second-hand Apple gear. Is there any other available and affordable platform that can be used to run linux and compile software natively for 32-bit PowerPC? Any suggestion is welcome! Best regards, P.S.: I am writing this while running "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" on the package "xserver-xfbdev" from ubuntu 9.04 on a MPC5121e.... it will take 40 minutes ;-) -- David Jander Protonic Holland. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
