[oe] Pull request from DoréDevelopment - New: Micro distro/image

[Philip Balister]

Martin Lund wrote:
> Hello OE dev,
> 
> Please pull the changes from the following repository:
> 
> git pull git://dev.doredevelopment.dk/oe-micro.git master
> 
> This oe-micro repository adds the following files to current dev:
> 
> conf/distro/micro-uclibc.conf |   43 +++++++++++++++++
> conf/distro/micro.conf        |  100 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> recipes/images/micro-image.bb |   34 ++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 177 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> There should be no conflicts with the current OE dev branch.
> 
> These files constitute a new distribution named "Micro" and a 
> corresponding buildable image target: micro-image

Why can't we make the needed changes to the minimal distro? I'd hate to 
see us have minimal and really-minimal distros, when they are trying to 
do the same thing.

What changes did you make to minimal.conf to to get to micro.conf? I'll 
admit to not looking closely at the insides of the distro files, but I 
want to learn more.

I'm also curious what happens if you build the micro-image against 
Angstrom.

Philip

> 
> 
> 
> The "Micro" distribution/image is created because we feel that there is 
> a need for a truly tiny and clean distro and image definition in OE for 
> those users out there that needs a _very_ tiny Linux rootfs with 
> virtually nothing installed except busybox, libc, udev, and a few init 
> scripts. On arm the jffs2 image size is only 1 MB (uclibc based). No 
> bloat allowed.
> 
> The micro-image is ideal for users who wants this type of tiny Linux 
> rootfs system with only a few custom applications added.
> 
> It has been tested to build and run on the following machine types:
> 
>    * at91sam9263ek [glibc, uclibc]
>    * x86 [glibc]
> 
> As everything else OE it should build for most other machine types as 
> well (no guarantee of course).
> 
> The micro distribution/image is inspired by the "minimal" distro and 
> image configuration - but it takes that one step further as contents are 
> heavily stripped down and non needed definitions removed. Thanks to 
> those who contributed to minimal distro - good work.
> 
> More details on micro can be found in the following wiki:
> http://dev.doredevelopment.dk/wiki/OpenEmbeddedMicro
> 
> Note: It is still work in progress and there are things to improve on 
> the todo list (see wiki).
> 
> We intend to maintain this distro/image in the future - please pull :)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards, DoréDevelopment
> 

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