[Ltib] Guide/Best Practices for developing and building new package for LTIB

[B.J. Buchalter]

Hi folks,

So, I would like to start working on building some software for our  
dev board -- beyond a package or port that already exists. That is, I  
am not looking to bring a package to LTIB -- rather I would like to  
start building new code from scratch, but within the cross-compile/ 
deployment environment. Eventually, I would like to package it up for  
LTIB.

I've read over the FAQ, but it doesn't seem to address this aspect of  
development within the LTIB environment.

Can anyone summarize the steps and best practices to get started, or  
is there a resource on the web that someone could point me at?

One constraint for me is that while I have LTIB running in a virtual  
box environment (under Mac OS X), the software I am working on really  
needs access to the FireWire hardware, so it is not really applicable  
to do the development in the normal host environment. If that is  
strongly recommended I guess I will have to set up a linux PC for that  
purpose.

Anyway, suggestions cheerfully accepted.

Thanks!

B.J. Buchalter
Metric Halo
http://www.mhlabs.com