First Test Release of Embedded Debian Cross Development Environments

June 26th, 2000

Note: This announcement was submitted by Frank Smith <smith@amirix.com>. Embedded Debian is an independent project and is not formally associated with Debian. We plan on working closely with Debian, with the goal of eventually integrating the development into the Debian mainstream.

The first test release of Embedded Debian Cross Development Environments is now available at http://www.emdebian.org/. The goal of the Embedded Debian Project is to make Debian GNU/Linux a natural choice for embedded Linux and to advance the embedded Linux state of the art faster and more effectively.

Specifications:

Hosts:
- Debian i386 (potato-ish)
- RPM based i386
Targets:
- PowerPC Linux
- ARM Linux
Packages:
- Binutils 2.9.5.0.37
- GCC 2.95.2
- GlibC 2.1.3
- Based on Debian packages, with added support for cross configurations.
Capabilities:
- C development
- Useful for Linux kernel development on both Debian and RPM based hosts
- Useful for application development (in C) on Debian hosts only.

Notes:

This is a _test_ environment!
The PowerPC cross compilers have been tested by
- Building Linux kernel 2.2.14 and running it successfully
- Building GNU hello, linked static & dynamic
- Binaries tested on a PowerPC 750
The ARM cross compilers have been tested by
- Building GNU hello, linked static & dynamic
- I do not have an ARM host so these binaries have not been tested
The version of GlibC is likely not appropriate for non-FPU processors.
The .debs have only been installed on a recent version of potato. A slink install did not go so well. YMMV.

Future Roadmap

Expand the list of supported hosts
Expand the list of supported programming languages
Add support for non-FPU processors
User Documentation
Much much more...

For more information and download instructions please go to http://www.emdebian.org/ and check out the "Cross Development Environments" link.