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Date:      Sat, 9 Feb 2013 21:23:49 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
To:        george@ceetonetechnology.com
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: building RaspPi Images
Message-ID:  <7757848F-45C6-4DEF-A4A2-5F900EB10A06@kientzle.com>
In-Reply-To: <5116CB50.9080303@ceetonetechnology.com>
References:  <5116CB50.9080303@ceetonetechnology.com>

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On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:18 PM, George Rosamond wrote:
>=20
> What is the recommended method of building images: Tim's scripts or =
Gonzo's script?
>=20
> Not looking for too much detail and without reviewing everything, what =
are the important differences?

Either one will get you a bootable RaspberryPi image.

Oleksandr's script is simple and straightforward.  If you're
used to building images manually, you'll probably find his
script a lot easier to understand and modify for your needs.

My script has a couple of more ambitious goals:
  * Build everything from source.  It will build all of the various boot
    bits from source (as far as possible), which should make it a
    better choice for tracking changes to those various pieces.
  * Be an extensible platform for building various types of images.
    It already has configuration knobs for things like whether
    to include /usr/src or /usr/ports, and I'm experimenting with
    installing packages as part of the build (pkgng "almost" makes
    this easy).  It should be relatively simple to add hooks for
    other kinds of configuration tweaks.
  * Support several different boards.  It cleanly supports both
    RaspberryPi and BeagleBone right now.  It should be feasible
    to support others but I don't have access to other hardware
    right now.

Cheers,

Tim




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