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How to use bbappend files in a Yocto Project

2024-10-162024-10-16 Iain Menzies-Runciman

One of the key things I often stress when working with the Yocto Project is: Never edit the recipe files of a layer you have downloaded from the Internet (unless you are planning on pushing those changes back upstream) If… Read more

Posted in Embedded Linux, YoctoTagged bbappend, Linux, recipe, rootfs, Yocto

A Quick Guide to Getting Started With The Yocto Project

2024-10-122024-10-12 Iain Menzies-Runciman

I really like the Yocto Project. As someone who builds Embedded Linux distributions, it makes my life so much easier. However, if you are just coming into the world of Yocto it is very easy to get overwhelmed with the… Read more

Posted in Embedded Linux, YoctoTagged Introduction, Linux, Yocto

How to layout the structure of a Yocto Project

2024-05-162024-10-10 Iain Menzies-Runciman

I like to keep the directories in my Yocto projects structured so that I can easily keep track of where things come from. One of my biggest things is keeping any layers I have created separate from any layers I… Read more

Posted in Embedded Linux, YoctoTagged Linux, Yocto

How to add a Golang recipe to Yocto

2024-04-252024-11-23 Iain Menzies-Runciman

Yocto supports Golang recipes, but they are slightly different to standard ones. Simple Recipe For a basic recipe without any dependancies, it is still quite simple. SUMMARY = “This is a simple example recipe that cross-compiles a Go program.” SECTION… Read more

Posted in Embedded Linux, Golang, YoctoTagged Golang, Linux, Yocto

Yocto: Conditionally setting a variable based on the image name

2023-03-262023-03-26 Iain Menzies-Runciman

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

Posted in Embedded Linux, YoctoTagged Linux, Yocto

Decompiling the Device Tree (DTB) for Embedded Linux

2022-05-262024-05-17 Iain Menzies-Runciman

One of the things I find very frustrating when working with device trees is that often the entries are split over several different files. This is great when you want to support several different boards that are only differ slightly… Read more

Posted in Embedded LinuxTagged Device Tree, DTB, Linux

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