From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 01:41:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ABC216A417; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32B0613C48A; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lAG1dvY2005361; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:39:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:39:27 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20071115.183927.140531533.imp@bsdimp.com> To: info@martenvijn.nl From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <1195169880.3240.46.camel@workstation.martenvijn.nl> References: <1195151049.3240.10.camel@workstation.martenvijn.nl> <20071115190615.GA2775@kobe.laptop> <1195169880.3240.46.camel@workstation.martenvijn.nl> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org, keramida@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tinybsd qemu small howto X-BeenThere: freebsd-small@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:41:08 -0000 In message: <1195169880.3240.46.camel@workstation.martenvijn.nl> Marten Vijn writes: : On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 21:06 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: : > -current dropped from the Cc: list. This is most interesting for : > freebsd-small users, than -current subscribers. : : included freebsd-embedded@ : : > : > On 2007-11-15 19:24, Marten Vijn wrote: : > >On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 03:32 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: : > >>On 2007-11-11 23:13, Marten Vijn wrote: : > >>> a comprehensive overview how i use tinybsd : > >>> and maintain images : > >>> : > >>> http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/TinyBSD : > >> : > >> Hi Marten, : > >> : > >> Can we lure you into writing this up as an 'article', which is : > >> committable or almost committable to CVS? : > > : > > I could try and might use some help in this, : > : : : > What I had originally in mind was working with you towards what an : > article would include, i.e.: : > : > - Introduction : > : > - What is TinyBSD : > - Features of TinyBSD : > : > - How to obtain TinyBSD : > : > - Creating TinyBSD images : > : > - Building the base TinyBSD system : > : > - Post-build configuration of TinyBSD : > : > - Bundling ports & packages in TinyBSD images : : up till here there is quite clear documentation: : : http://www.tinybsd.org/tinybsd/Documentation : : : > : > - Testing TinyBSD images : > : > - Updating TinyBSD images : : I could write this, but more as proces to get a image ready for a task. : : > : > This sort of article would probably need a bit or re-arranging of the : > original Wiki text, but it seems like something very interesting for : > potential users of TinyBSD. : : Or should there be somewhere an intergral document containing everthing. : Then I would be wise include above documents authors. : : > Does the table-of-contents mock up shown above look ok? Would you add : > more sections/parts to it? : : There might be some more parts: : : Common ways on running host: does and don'ts : : Working with cf-cards (some info I remember from Paul-Henning Kamp from : EuroBSD Basel 2005) : : I 've written today a part on PXE (for net4826) boards with onboard : flash. : http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/PXEboot related to tinybsd. : : I have some scripts in pre-alpha than could be examples, : in use in bluespot (a tool scanning bluetooth devices) : : http://bluespot.wifisoft.org : : In some time I hope to cleanup code far enough to push it to a public : svn. I should also try to get the 'cross build for arm with TinyBSD' section written too, eh? Warner