Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Port airborne code to Linux

[marcus.wolschon]

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:53:34 +0100, "Famille Chateauvieux-Hellwig"
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Le mercredi 11 mars 2009 08:15:11 address@hidden, vous
avez
>> > I'm curious what kind of MCU/ Linux Distro you're using ? You guys
>> > using
>> > gumstix are using old versions right ?
>> What do you mean with "old versions"?
> 
> I mean one of the boards that Gumstix is currently phasing out.

Yes, I am not using the new overo-board but a Verdex-series.
Does not make much of a difference.

>> I'm using OpenEmbedded and a late 2.6-series of kernels.
>> OpenEmbedded has replaced Buildroot and contains quite
>> up to date packages compared to other embedded platforms.
> 
> I want a kernel that uses the MMU. Not a µCLinux. Is this the case in
the 
> OpenEmbedded distro?

Yes, it is a vanilla-Linux-Kernel with the usual arm-patches applied.
It is not using µCLinux on the Gumstix-Platform.
You can run any Linux-application that has been compiled for the 
armv4l-architecture.

Marcus