Course Outline
Introduction
Embedded Linux system architecture overview
Overview of Pocky and bitbake
Setting up your development environment
Preparing the target development board and toolkits
Navigating the Yocto Project source tree
Image building process
Initiating builds via the Toaster web interface
Incorporating packages into the generated image
Board Support Packages (BSPs), recipes, configurations, and layers explained
Authoring a recipe
Survey of existing build systems: Autotools, CMake, Meson
Building, configuring, and integrating a custom application
Diagnosing build failures
Resolving common cross-compilation challenges
Customizing builds through layers
Modifying existing recipes
Creating custom machine configurations
Managing and adding runtime packages
Including custom images
Generating custom images
Generating rootfs
Leveraging the Yocto Project SDK
Application development with the Poky SDK
Application Development Toolkit overview
Conclusion
Requirements
- Participants should have previously compiled a kernel for a standard desktop (non-embedded) Linux system.
- Understanding the components that make up the Linux userspace in a desktop environment is essential.
- Familiarity with generating and applying patches is required.
- The ability to articulate the role of GNU Make, Autotools, and other existing build systems is expected.
- It is ideal if participants maintain at least one Linux package, whether as an upstream contributor or within a traditional desktop distribution.
- While prior embedded development experience is not mandatory, it cannot replace the foundational knowledge of traditional Linux desktop systems 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
