Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of an embedded Linux system architecture
Overview of Poky and bitbake
Preparing your development environment
Preparing your target development board and toolkits
Understanding the Yocto Project source tree
Building an image
Using the Toaster web interface to initiate builds
Adding packages to the generated image
Understanding Board Support Packages (BSPs), recipes, configurations and layers
Writing a recipe
Overview of some existing build systems - Autotools, CMake, Meson
Building, configuring and adding a custom application
Troubleshooting build failures
Fixing common cross-compilation issues
Customizing the build with layers
Extending existing recipes
Writing a custom machine configuration
Adding and managing runtime packages
Adding a custom image
Creating a custom image
Generating rootfs
Using the Yocto Project SDK
Develop an application using the Poky SDK
The Application Development Toolkit
Closing remarks
Requirements
- Participants must have compiled a kernel at least once for a conventional desktop (non-embedded) Linux system.
- Familiarity with the components that constitute the Linux userspace on a desktop system is required.
- Ability to generate and apply patches is essential.
- Participants must be able to explain the functions of GNU Make and Autotools, as well as identify other existing build systems.
- It is ideal if the participant maintains at least one Linux package, either as an upstream author or within any traditional Linux desktop distribution.
- Previous experience with embedded development is not mandatory, nor does it substitute for the knowledge of traditional Linux desktops outlined above.
Target Audience
- Developers
- System engineers
- Test engineers
- System administrators
Testimonials (4)
Practical excersises
Marcin Janicki - Hectronic Polska Sp. z o.o.
Course - Yocto Project
I generally was benefit from the practical exercises.
Ismael Martinez - ESML SD IBERIA HOLDING S.A.
Course - Yocto Project
High professionalism
Oleg Polyakov - Northforge Innovations Inc
Course - Yocto Project
I really enjoy having a virtual PC online, I can do exercises whenever I want
