Re: [ptxdist] Docker rules

[Christian Melki <christian.melki@t2data.com>]

If machine is powerful enough, I'd try running a lightweight distro 
image in QEMU, natively. QEMU is available in ptxdist an I have run 
system-emulations on ARM64 machines. The performance hit is not that bad 
nowdays. That way you can have (easier) access to all the modern 
infrastructure packages required for checking all the fancy buzzwords 
boxes. :)

I don't think embedded environment projects have the manpower or the 
interest to maintain functional packages of all the 
infrastructure-thingies that have exploded the last few years.

But all this depends on what you're trying to achieve, as Michael 
already pointed out.

My .02.
Regards,
Christian

On 1/28/22 12:01 PM, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 06:22:28PM +0100, Alexander Dahl wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 05:37:01PM +0100, Mircea Ciocan wrote:
>>> are there any official or unofficial rules to have docker container support
>>> build with PTXDist on aarch64 platforms
>>
>> Do you mean running Docker containers on the target?  Or buildung a
>> ptxdist based BSP in a Docker container?  AFAIK there's neither one or
>> the other.
> 
> I don't know of any either.
> 
> The most important questions here is, what exactly do you want to achieve?
> 
> In my experience, Docker is mostly a buzzword that comes from the
> management with the hope that everything will be magically better
> afterwards. Without a clear understanding what problem should be solved.
> 
> So I would recommend that you look take a look at you problem and verify if
> Docker or any other container manager is actually what you need.
> 
> I'm sure there are real use-cases out there where Docker is the right tool,
> but I've yet to come in touch in one for PTXdist.
> There is a reason why there are no Docker rules in PTXdist so far :-).
> 
> Regards.
> Michael
> 

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