RE: [Ltib] Questions regarding Usage Scenarios

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Richard,

Note that although Savannah CVS lags at times, it is often more up to
date than BSP ISO releases available.  I would always recommend starting
with Savannah as a baseline.

Also BSP maintenance can be very simple provided you can use the
available package set in LTIB (see my reply to Robert).

Regards, Stuart


On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 10:06 +0100, Richard Cochran wrote:
> > 1. I got an ISO image from Freescale for their eval board, and it
> > largely works (as expected).  Should I start from that, or should I
> > work from Savannah CVS?  Pros and cons?
> 
> Well, I just posted a question along these lines, and the answer is
> clear enough. (See the thread starting on Feb 5, 2009)
> 
>       http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ltib/2009-02/msg00012.html
> 
> Freescale runs its own LTIB internally, and the public CVS LTIB is
> always "behind" the most current Freescale work. At least, that is now
> I understood the situation.
> 
> So, start with the official BSP, and go from there...
> 
> As to your other questions, in my experience, there is no getting
> around having to maintain your own BSP, keeping it up to date with the
> latest kernel and user space packages, keeping track of license
> issues, keeping the BSP reproducible, and so on. It is a lot of work!
> 
> There are many ways to do this, so my advice is, pick a system that
> you understand and feel comfortable with, because, in the end, it will
> be your responsibility.
> 
> HTH,
> Richard
> 
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