Re: Stretch ARM installation RAM and Flash size

[hh h <jupiter.hce@gmail.com>]

> Debian tends to enable all the features, while the embedded systems tend
to only turn on exactly what they need.  Debian is trying to target a
generic platform and work for everything, while openwrt/lede/yocto tend
to aim at building for a specific target device.

I was told that Debian distribution has been working for years for
entering embedded system,  the armhf is for mobile device which is not
really an embedded system. Does Debian distribution for embedded
system provide a tiny minimal installation to include bash, ssh, apt,
and leave the room for the embedded system developer to select
necessary packages for any specific purpose?

Lennart and Martin mentioned to build their own packages, are you
using the vendor SDK / IDE / uboot to build packages for a specific
target?

OpenWrt is doing exactly the same thing like traditional host
development tools to select a specific target and to build the whole
package, that is not because the OpenWrt has one or more libraries for
specific target, but because it give you the flexible option, you
don't have to install packages you don't need. Surely, the Debian
distribute can do that as well, not forcing everyone to install
generic packages.

Thank you all.

Kind regards,

jupiter