From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 8B877E00543; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 06:33:40 -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 astoria.ccjclearline.com (astoria.ccjclearline.com [64.235.106.9]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2758E0030B for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 06:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [69.196.158.250] (port=40199 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X492v-0004jd-DJ; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 09:33:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 09:33:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Bruce Ashfield In-Reply-To: <53BAA0C2.4000105@windriver.com> Message-ID: References: <53BAA0C2.4000105@windriver.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Yocto discussion list 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 13:33:40 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================