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Embedded Linux Development using Yocto Projects - Second Edition

By : Otavio Salvador, Daiane Angolini
Book Image

Embedded Linux Development using Yocto Projects - Second Edition

By: Otavio Salvador, Daiane Angolini

Overview of this book

Yocto Project is turning out to be the best integration framework for creating reliable embedded Linux projects. It has the edge over other frameworks because of its features such as less development time and improved reliability and robustness. Embedded Linux Development using Yocto Project starts with an in-depth explanation of all Yocto Project tools, to help you perform different Linux-based tasks. The book then moves on to in-depth explanations of Poky and BitBake. It also includes some practical use cases for building a Linux subsystem project using Yocto Project tools available for embedded Linux. The book also covers topics such as SDK, recipetool, and others. By the end of the book, you will have learned how to generate and run an image for real hardware boards and will have gained hands-on experience at building efficient Linux systems using Yocto Project.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
7
Diving into BitBake Metadata
Index

Discovering the right BSP layer


In Chapter 10, Exploring External Layer, we learned that the Yocto Project allows for the split of its metadata among different layers. It organizes the metadata so we can choose which exact meta layer to add to our project.

The way to find the BSP for a board varies, but generally we can find it by visiting http://layers.openembedded.org/. We can search for the machine name and the website finds on its database which layer contains it.

In the next sections, we will describe the steps needed to go from source code to the final binary to be copied to the board. Feel free to skip a section if the board isn't available to you.