Yocto
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Drone for Continuous Integration
Recently, we have been evaluating Continuous Integration (CI) systems for a variety of projects (both OSS and customer). There are many OSS options to chose from. Because we already use Docker containers for Yocto/OE builds, Concourse and D…
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Accepting Constraints in Build Systems
As Embedded Systems become more complex, the complexity of the process to build the software for these systems also increases. As humans, our ability to deal with complexity is limited, so we develop tools and processes to manage the comple…
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Getting started with Embedded Linux
Recently I was asked by a developer, who has done windows development for 10 years, how to get started with Embedded Linux. Embedded Linux covers a lot of ground and includes a broad range of components/skills to put together an entire syst…
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Yocto and OpenEmbedded
Recently, I attended an Embedded Linux summit hosted by the Linux Foundation to discuss the Yocto project. Overall, I thought the meeting was very positive and constructive. Having met and discussed at length the methods and goals of the L…
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🐙 Github and why does it matter?
For the last two days, we have been discussing aspects of several high-quality Yocto BSPs. Another characteristic of these three BSPs is that they are all hosted on Github. Yes, there are many other platforms you can host Git repositories o…
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🔁 Tracking upstream and why does it matter?
Yesterday, we discussed three Yocto BSP layers that are exceptional: meta-tegra (69 contributors) meta-freescale (174 contributors) meta-raspberrypi (157 contributors) The above three layers make an effort to keep up with upstream develop…
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🔧 What makes a good Yocto BSP?
As we evaluate technology to use in our platforms, Yocto Embedded Linux BSPs often come into the mix. Recently we talked with Matt Madison, who maintains the meta-tegra BSP layer, which provides Yocto support for Nvidia’s embedded processor…