[ARMedslack] Raspberry Pi support for Slackware ARM 14.1

[stanley garvey]

On May 30, 2013 08:34 <stanley at stanleygarvey.com> wrote:

> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > 
> > Since Slackware 14.1 is coming together, could all of you who
> > plan on preparing and distributing support for Slackware ARM
> > 14.1 for the RaspberryPi please reply to this message (on-list) with
> > the
> > following information. I will collate it and put it into the
> > /INSTALL_RASPBERRYPI.TXT document within the release.
> > 
> > Note that this is *only* for those of you who are supplying
> > images/installers that contain the _official_ Slackware ARM packages
> > which
> > will be taken from
> > ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-14.1.
> > 
> > 1. The URL of the web site containing information about your
> > distribution.
> > 
> > 2. Installation method: regular installer / pre-supplied image(s)
> > 
> > If it's a pre-supplied image, what categories of software are
> > included:
> > 
> > Don't list every package, but a high level brief description such
> > as:
> > 
> > dev tools ('d')
> > 
> > - Compilers and toolchain tools
> > - Python, Perl
> > 
> > X11 ('x')
> > 
> > - X packages relevant to the Rpi
> > 
> > KDE ('kde')
> > - All of KDE
> > - Base components of KDE
> > 
> > 
> > 3. RPi boards / versions of boards that your distribution has been
> > tested with and confirmed operational.
> > 
> > 4. The particular reason for choosing yours over another. Some of
> > the
> > reasons that some people have created their own image is because
> > Dave
> > Spencer's work stopped at 13.37, or theirs addressed particular
> > problems on certain boards.
> > 
> > Please note that this shouldn't be a reason for the 14.1 release -
> > you should treat this as new rather than a patch to someone else's
> > work (even
> > if that's what it started out as).
> > 
> > 
> > Deadline:
> > ---------
> > 
> > I'll stop taking submissions at the release of RC1 of Slackware 14.1
> > x86.
> > 
> > Any questions - please ask!
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Stuart.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Stuart Winter
> > <http://www.slackware.com/~mozes>
> > Slackware for ARM: <http://arm.slackware.com>
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> > 
> Hi Stuart
> Judging by the avalanche of submissions, it would look I am alone in
> supporting Slackware on the RPi - ( Hello! - cue hall type reverb and
> tumbleweed).
> However my site gets two or three hits a day regarding slackberry, so
> somebody's interested.
> The issue with udev renaming eth0 to eth1 is documented on the site. I
> need to fix this but given to udevs labariynthine nature I may require
> a ball of string. I may be some time.
> 
> 
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