From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 782B5E00744; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 07:02:25 -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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (mail.mlbassoc.com [65.100.170.105]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54325E006B7 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 07:02:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 1998) id BB321F811DE; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 08:02:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.114] (zeus [192.168.1.114]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B38A0F8119A; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 08:02:14 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <53BAA88E.8090703@mlbassoc.com> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 08:02:54 -0600 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: yocto@yoctoproject.org References: <53BAA0C2.4000105@windriver.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: how many variations to build for a beaglebone black (BBB)? X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:02:25 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2014-07-07 07:33, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 2014, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > >> On 14-07-07 09:13 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >>> >>> i want to build a bootable system for a BBB, and i can see at least >>> three possibilities: >>> >>> 1) the meta-yocto-bsp layer defines the beaglebone as one of its >>> reference boards >>> >>> 2) the "meta-ti" layer is advertised as "official" TI board support >>> >>> 3) there is a "meta-beagleboard" layer, but that one looks a bit >>> stagnant >>> >>> any preferences out there for people working with the BBB? >> >> The generic "it depends" answer applies here. >> >> Due to the efforts of TI,the core BBB support made it into the >> mainline kernel for 3.14, so that forms a common baseline of feature >> support. >> >> Outside of that, it depends on the functionality you need in the >> image and your familiarity with integration of multiple layers and >> features. >> >> meta-ti gets you the latest and greatest features and support, while >> the reference BSP was also done by TI to provide a good baseline >> level of support (graphics, usb, ethernet, etc) and is supported via >> Wind River in the linux-yocto repository. > > excellent. since i want to configure and build for a classroom > environment and probably don't need bleeding edge, i'll stick with the > yocto-bsp stuff, which has served me well thus far. The big thing missing from this version(*) is no cape support, so if you need an LCD display or CAN driver or ..., you're not going to find it. The meta-ti version does support those AFAIK (*) unless this changed in the last three weeks while I was on holiday :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------