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Course Outline

Introduction

Overview of 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

Resolving common cross-compilation issues

Customising 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

Developing an application using the Poky SDK

The Application Development Toolkit

Closing remarks

Requirements

  • Participants must have built a kernel at least once for a traditional desktop (non-embedded) Linux system.
  • Participants must understand the components that make up the Linux userspace on a desktop system.
  • Participants must know how to generate and apply patches.
  • Participants must be able to explain what GNU Make and Autotools are, and be familiar with other existing build systems.
  • Ideally, participants should maintain at least one Linux package, either as an upstream author or within a traditional Linux desktop distribution.
  • Prior experience with embedded development is not required, nor does it substitute for the knowledge about traditional Linux desktops specified above.

Audience

  • Developers
  • System engineers
  • Test engineers
  • System administrators
 28 Hours

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Price per participant

Open Training Courses require 5+ participants.

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

Dongfu Li - Northforge Innovations Inc
Course - Yocto Project

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Who should attend?

This course is designed for those who already use GNU/Linux for their projects and have likely heard of the Yocto Project but have hesitated to explore it further or encountered difficulties in its use. If you are unsure whether and how your daily workflow can integrate with the YP, or if you generally find the YP complex and question its necessity given previous perceived simplicity, this training will help you decide if the YP is suitable for your needs. The workshop is aimed at software engineers, development engineers, system engineers, testers, administrators, and other interested parties who have a solid understanding of Embedded GNU/Linux.

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