Updated 2.6.23 kernel patches for the Compulab cm-x270 are now available in OpenEmbedded: http://www.openembedded.org/filebrowser/org.openembedded.dev/packages/linux/linux-2.6.23/cm-x270 The cm-x270 support in OpenEmbedded has undergone a lot of clean-up… Read More »Linux 2.6.23 for the Compulab cm-x270
There are quite a few people using (or would like to use) OpenEmbedded on the Compulab cm-x270. The cm-x270 is a high performance, low cost… Read More »Howto load Openembedded on the Compulab cm-x270 computer module
If you are having trouble mounting a JFFS2 file system on a Compulab cm-x270 module, you may have a device that has a NAND flash… Read More »Compulab cm-x270 NAND flash eraseblock sizes
Original article published 2007-10-04 As of today, the Mono build in OpenEmbedded is working pretty well. Mono support for ARM and other embedded architectures should… Read More »Mono support in OpenEmbedded and Openmoko packages
Update 2007-10-14: use IMAGE_INSTALL in image recipe Update 2007-10-22: a few corrections, added full path for include and comments Update 2010-06-07: use recipes instead of… Read More »The correct way to add packages to an OpenEmbedded Image
This is the first in a multi-part series on the OpenEmbedded development environment. This and subsequent articles will provide an introduction to OpenEmbedded, why to… Read More »Introduction to OpenEmbedded part 1
In this day and age, most embedded systems include a way for users to easily update software once the device has been deployed. This article… Read More »Do you need “software update” functionality in your Embedded Linux system?
We are currently working a project that contains cm-x270 module (http://bec-systems.com/web/content/view/62/9/ ) which contains 4MB of NOR flash and 128MB of NAND flash. The Linux… Read More »Building a tiny “safe” boot image using OpenEmbedded
Recently, I had a customer who needed an embedded Linux distribution running on an Advantech PCM-9371 single board computer (SBC). The PCM-9371 contains a low… Read More »How to build GNU/Linux for an embedded x86 computer
One of the big advantages of using Linux in embedded systems is the thousands of applications and drivers available for it (http://bec-systems.com/web/content/view/35/37/ ). One of… Read More »Adding software to a Moxa UC7408 using OpenEmbedded