From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 5AFD6E009A7; Fri, 30 May 2014 07:37:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low * trust * [74.201.16.125 listed in list.dnswl.org] Received: from entsrmbx02.teledyne.com (entsrmbx02.teledyne.com [74.201.16.125]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF650E00724 for ; Fri, 30 May 2014 07:36:52 -0700 (PDT) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.98,941,1392192000"; d="scan'208";a="55364682" Received: from unknown (HELO [10.22.99.41]) ([10.22.99.41]) by entsrmbx02a.teledyne.com with ESMTP; 30 May 2014 07:36:49 -0700 Message-ID: <53889781.4070605@DinkumSoftware.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 10:36:49 -0400 From: tom campbell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org References: <53874266.1010606@DinkumSoftware.com> <53875812.8000702@mindchasers.com> In-Reply-To: <53875812.8000702@mindchasers.com> Subject: Re: Freescale U-Boot User's Guide X-BeenThere: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-fsl-* layers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:37:07 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 05/29/2014 11:53 AM, Bob Cochran wrote: > On 05/29/2014 10:21 AM, tom campbell wrote: >> I'm upgrading from Freescale's Yocto Beta release to Freescale's GA >> release. >> >> In the "Freescale Yocto Project User's Guide" Doc# IMXLXYOCTOUG, Rev >> L3.10.17_1.0.0ga, 05/2014 >> In section 5.4 U-Boot Configuration, page 7 it refers to: >> >> Freescale U-Boot User's Guide >> >> I can't seem to find that document. Can anyone point me to it? > > Hi Tom, > > Where are these docs you are referring to? Are they on the Freescale > Community site? > > It's not clear to me whether you are an i.MX/ARM developer or QorIQ > (ARM or powerpc) > > For me, I can find Freescale u-boot documentation in my "Freescale > Linux SDK for QorIQ Processors" documentation folder. This is part of > the SDK tar ball. I think this same information is available on > freescale.com at their infocenter, but it seems to be down at the > moment (at least for me). > > It's never been clear to me where developers using Freescale devices > are supposed to look for the latest stable yocto/linux documentation & > patches: SDK, Yoctoproject.org, freescale.com, git.freescale.com or > community.freescale.com. > > I would appreciate someone letting me know if this has been clarified > recently. > > Thanks, > > Bob > Bob/List/Lauren: I'm an i.MX/ARM developer. Thank all for response. I would echo Bob's sentiments that the Freescale QA release badly needs a "home landing page" with links to follow for documentation and the like. The Freescale documentation is IMHO quite good (thank you). Finding it is a another matter. I'm new to Yocto (which I like), but the layered architecture makes finding who is responsible for what and locating the appropriate documentation more than daunting to a newbie Yocto user..... and this is coming from a grizzled embedded linux veteran on his Nth build system. I can only image the glazed eyes of a rookie C programmer coming from a single proprietary os. The closest thing I found to a "home page" is http://freescale.github.io/#header-section whose documentation link goes to http://freescale.github.io/doc/release-notes/1.6/. I downloaded the tarball of fsl-yocto-3.10.17_1.0.0.tar.gz from somewhere from Freescale.com (I think). I would think it ought to be pointed to from the "home page" somehow. Maybe it is, and I can't find it. I understand that there are plethora of Freescale products and I only care about one, but I suspect other product lines suffer from the same issues. To be fair, I haven't looked into the build directories created by yocto/bitbake. It may be that some of this documentation is there. (I'm focusing on getting the GA release to run on a custom board at the moment). Next on my list is to build the toolkit for u-boot development outside of yocto and the sdk for eclipse development. General question. If I understand the process, building the toolkit (sorry I forget the exact target name) installs all the appropriate cross-compilers/linkers needed for the i.Mx. Normally a clean yocto build via bitbake also completely builds the cross-chain compilers/linkers. Are the yocto recipes smart enough to use any existing cross compliers? Do I have to edit a recipe file? Is it a bad idea? Basically looking to reduce the build time. From memory, the github.io points you to installing sphinx and self-generate documentation locally from git:github.io. Is it's content currently available on the web? I would also echo Bob's request for a freescale bugzilla or equivalent. thx tom campbell www.DinkumSoftware.com