Re: [cobalt-developers] Bits flying over fences ...

[Will DeHaan <will@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, pete feeney wrote:

> Does this mean then that with some careful work we could produce a more
> generic install of Cobalt Linux ? Perhaps based upon RedHat, and a
> couple of additional rpms and we are on our way?

Yes, this is close to my intention for the open source distribution.

"Close" because I don't see Cobalt Linux as being the most cost-effective
implementation for the appliancy management code.  It would be great to
see this codebase play well with modern Red Hat, Debian and Suse.  That is
a lot to ask for, of course.  Oh, and Solaris x86 too ;-)

I think it would be best to avoid operating system dependencies where
possible so that we can minimize development and sustaining efforts as
this project matures.  We've got strict ties to PHP, perl and Apache, but
most many system calls are already abstracted and programmable.

LCD functions are already serial-console capable in base-lcd.mod.
base-user.mod, base-group.mod, and the base-<service>.mod functions will
need minor tweaks to run on a modern Linux distro.

I've a sourceforge.net application pending for this project (excluding the
ROM code which is already defined as "cobalt-rom") called "sausalito".
Please stay tuned, I'll be the primary contact for this repository.

Regarding any missing software bits, please be very specific and I'll do
what I can to track down the last few threads (puns, ugh) and with luck
they'll qualify for public posting.  The intention of this release is to
provide ALL source that was not previously available for the Qube3 and to
change its license for public use.


	-- Will



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anders" <andersb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Bits flying over fences ...
>
>
> > Chris Johnson (CJ) wrote:
> > > I'm sure an official sounding note will be packaged up
> > > soon, but as part of the EOL process for the Qube, Sun
> > > has decided to open source the Cobalt developed portions
> > > of the Qube distribution.
> >
> > But *only* the Cobalt Networks portions, it seems ?
> >
> > This seems to have some new "cce" RPM that obsoletes
> > the sausalito-cce-client and sausalito-cce-server RPMS.
> >
> > But some of the drivers seem missing from this one ?
> > #/usr/sausalito/ui/libPhp/*
> > #/usr/sausalito/perl/*
> > #/usr/lib/apache/php/*
> > (that is, it only has the command-line cceclient left)
> >
> > Is this because the others are still owned by Sun Microsystems ?
> > Or am I missing something here ? Are they somewhere to be found ?
> >
> > --anders
> >
> > PS. Kudos to all the Cobalt engineers for making this happen!
> >     Both this Qube 3 source release, and the CMU 2.51 utility too.
> >
> >     Too bad that CCE 1.0 never happened... (We got "LX50". Yuck!)
> >     But at least this provides some more Sausalito "documentation".
> >
> >
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