From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 10 05:23:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3AC1A9F for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:23:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Received: from monday.kientzle.com (99-115-135-74.uvs.sntcca.sbcglobal.net [99.115.135.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A99C9AC for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:23:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from root@localhost) by monday.kientzle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) id r1A5NnBT004170; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:23:49 GMT (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Received: from [192.168.2.143] (CiscoE3000 [192.168.1.65]) by kientzle.com with SMTP id z5jtixse3hpghdwd3f7gxycbes; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:23:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Subject: Re: building RaspPi Images Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Tim Kientzle In-Reply-To: <5116CB50.9080303@ceetonetechnology.com> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 21:23:49 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7757848F-45C6-4DEF-A4A2-5F900EB10A06@kientzle.com> References: <5116CB50.9080303@ceetonetechnology.com> To: george@ceetonetechnology.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:23:59 -0000 On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:18 PM, George Rosamond wrote: >=20 > What is the recommended method of building images: Tim's scripts or = Gonzo's script? >=20 > Not looking for too much detail and without reviewing everything, what = are the important differences? Either one will get you a bootable RaspberryPi image. Oleksandr's script is simple and straightforward. If you're used to building images manually, you'll probably find his script a lot easier to understand and modify for your needs. My script has a couple of more ambitious goals: * Build everything from source. It will build all of the various boot bits from source (as far as possible), which should make it a better choice for tracking changes to those various pieces. * Be an extensible platform for building various types of images. It already has configuration knobs for things like whether to include /usr/src or /usr/ports, and I'm experimenting with installing packages as part of the build (pkgng "almost" makes this easy). It should be relatively simple to add hooks for other kinds of configuration tweaks. * Support several different boards. It cleanly supports both RaspberryPi and BeagleBone right now. It should be feasible to support others but I don't have access to other hardware right now. Cheers, Tim