Which Linux for RTEMS

[Joel Sherrill]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 
> Matthew J.Fletcher wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >       I want to install Suse Linux 7.2 and RTEMS on my laptop.
> >       Will I be able to easily rebuild RTEMS?
> >       Or do you recommend specific Linux distributions.
> >
> > I dont know what target you are using, but the m68k series
> > uses motorola's bdm debug port, however drivers for this
> > only exist for the 2.2 kernel.
> This topic is completely independent of particular distribution.
> 
> > SuSE are not known for the portablity of there RPMS,
> Right.
> 
> But this doesn't matter here, because RTEMS's RPMS are portable and
> independent of any particular distribution.
> 
> > but
> > you should have no problems on any system if you build
> > from source.
> To achive binary backward compatibility, the RTEMS's binary RPMS are
> are build on an old RH-6.x system (glibc-2.0.x). Thus, rebuilding
> RTEMS RPMs on any more recent Linux-distribution is a good idea in
> general.

Actually it is even more backward.  We use a Redhat 5.2 box
to build RPMs (an old and otherwise unused PentiumPro 180 :)

Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo)
Kernel 2.0.36 on an i686   

> Ralf
> 
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