From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.62.194.115] (helo=netgate.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HHSex-0004ee-QO for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:31:32 +0100 Received: from [192.168.2.198] (rrcs-67-52-77-54.west.biz.rr.com [67.52.77.54]) by netgate.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFCFD28006A for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:31:30 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <45D38BB9.5070709@am.sony.com> References: <1171051575.3886.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200702141311.17165.openembedded@hrw.one.pl> <1171489223.1692.501.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1171489873.11033.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45D38BB9.5070709@am.sony.com> Message-Id: <96763D62-00DF-440D-8688-E237E1CE0BB8@netgate.com> From: Jim Thompson Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:31:14 -1000 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Re: OE Booth during fosdem X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:31:32 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Feb 14, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Tim Bird wrote: > gerwin van der kruis wrote: >>>>> Is it a good idea to make a hardware donation box where companies >>>>> donate hardware that we port to openembedded ? >>>> idea like idea - we need to consider how to server such requests >>> Do think of promoting this beforehand. I don't think there will >>> be many >>> people going: "Oh I have this ${DEVICE} in my bag somewhere with all >>> cables and power supply. Please have it." People usually don't carry >>> surplus HW with them. A little money donation box might be a good >>> idea >>> as well. It is easier to organize and people usually carry money to >>> FOSDEM (you just need to convince them to give it to you instead of >>> O'Reilly :-) >>> >> Maybe an idea to promote it on linuxdevices.com ? >> >> Do we have a fund where we can store the funds we get ? >> >> I was thinking to set up like a hardware distribution list > > FYI - I'm not offering anything specific at the moment, > but CELF has a fund for making hardware donations for > interesting OSS projects. If there's some piece of hardware > that someone thinks would really advance the goals of > the OE project, please let me know, and I can have CELF > consider donating it. Ya know, I'd consider donating hardware (see www.netgate.com for what we have) and/or cash if someone would put up a "build the bootable ISO so you can boot-n-install an OE image on a HD on ye-olde-random PeeCee" set of patches, or even a recipe for same Or, equivalently, an image (complete with boot sector) that one could DD onto a CF card or actual IDE drive that would boot a given root image on ye-olde-PeeCee. OpenEmbedded would go a lot faster if people could experiment on garden-variety PCs rather than go through the "fun" of getting it up- n-running on more esoteric hardware. Jim