With one of my current build systems, I have two different build images – a production and a development one. For the production system, I want to have the root filesystem installed on the on-board eMMC storage but for the… Read more
Category: Yocto
Licences and Security in a Yocto Build (Part 1 – Licences)
I Am Not A Lawyer Please ignore anything I say in this article! When building a system that makes use of Open Source Software, it is vital to know what your licence obligations are. Other than just the common decency… Read more
Common Variables for Yocto Recipes
When writing Yocto recipes there are some common variables that can be used, espcially in the do_install() section An example of this would be: do_install() { install -d ${D}${bindir} install -m 0644 ${S}/my_program ${D}${bindir} } These variables are defined in… Read more
Setting Up a Yocto Build Server as a Remote Package Repository
If you are using Yocto to create your embedded linux system, it can really useful to set your server up to act as a package repository. Setting up Assuming that you have set your local.conf to have PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= “package_ipk”… Read more