From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E1C6D0E6F1 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.18374.1764081350221526041 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:35:50 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=QzQVW6kd; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=HRzTEgKUuKNqP+HLojqlguN4Wepqt6M/yrDT1iypz54=; b=QzQVW6kdB5Jv3mdVa4miyVLQa6 P+ePz41FU16Tb1ebiSdH1klDvCpGh9V2gq2kmUnxdvkg/ZdgdW6Ax+Mh6nmndlCA/m08jt7/oLn7D t0UJD8RIPyWfoDjUI+sIsa/U5CI+K74dg4iScjEP2HeyZiHLUbGoeoS8cE9OoPwzg0mzPJ5bUJbDz ouWQAbDo11+FITnkbpJg4Dtb5awsuXHtr3uP+LetpowJ505fF84e03Cq+Vszzs8FSINfBf+ULDkEc Y2y2/If4XfddjKHDqpbUAyMUync5Cj6VhP40WFz80TKgKDlnTUdezZhQyCI/kmwmvg8LIM/3vmmvB mRLz3/Ig==; Received: from [147.129.179.166] (port=47986 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vNu8s-00000008DnH-2E74 for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:35:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:36:41 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: is there any value in a short section somewhere on H/W bringup tools? Message-ID: <8f9e9bb5-e84e-c9a2-bd27-105ffae5c2e8@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:36:00 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/8118 Is there any value in adding a short section on useful OE-available hardware bringup utilities? i just added this to an image to help me poke around a new board: IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " \ devmem2 \ dtc \ ethtool \ i2c-tools \ libgpiod \ libubootenv-bin \ lshw \ mdio-tools \ phytool \ spitools \ usbutils \ " might this be something that would be appropriate for the BSP guide, or as a section in the dev tasks manual? (i'm sure there are other packages that would belong here as well.) rday