Got my Cubox

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Fri Jun 22 21:18:04 UTC 2012


On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 03:29:54PM -0400, Kevin Cozens wrote:
> It will depend on what you need/want to compile, the build
> environment, and what other packages may be required as
> dependencies. I cross compiled ghostscript for ARM in order to be
> able to print to a printer.
> 
> No, not as long as you have the RAM/SD Card/HD space to hold all the
> compiler tools and link libraries.

My imx53 has a 160GB SATA disk and 1GB ram.  I compile lots of stuff
on it.

It isn't as fast as compiling on a 2.67GHz Core i7 with 6GB ram or a
3.7GHz 6 core P710 with 16GB ram, but it isn't too bad.

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Len Sorensen
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