From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 62B19E007B9; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:02:08 -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=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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 * [208.80.206.84 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from smtp684.redcondor.net (smtp684.redcondor.net [208.80.206.84]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BEF7E00781 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:01:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp684.redcondor.net ({700db0a8-6fb7-4c8b-9b2a-6812225182d8}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140829160153187 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:01:53 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [99.240.204.5] (port=60247 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XNOcV-0003V1-UV; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:01:48 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:01:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Rudolf Streif In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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: X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Cc: Yocto discussion list Subject: Re: is there a list of yocto-supported dev kits somewhere? 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: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:02:08 -0000 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1900338896-1409328107=:10554" --8323328-1900338896-1409328107=:10554 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, Rudolf Streif wrote: > I think this is a great idea and I volunteer to help with the effort. >   >   that is kinda what i was after. i realize it's an open-ended > request, but it would be great if there was a list of "recommended" > dev kits representing various architectures/processors that people new > to YP could purchase for experimentation, *knowing* that those dev > kits had a YP build that would work out of the box. not necessarily > technically complete, but that it would just boot and let them start > playing. > > The "work out of the box" part is the tricky one. Unfortunately, > many YP BSP layers do not include instructions on what to do after > the build has completed. If you don't know what to do with boot > loader and kernel images, flattened device tree files, root file > system archives and images then you are at a loss. Commonly the > boards also require a special boot media partitioning and the like. exactly true, but without that final bit of information, i contend that the YP build is utterly useless unless the developer is told what to do with the final image objects. > While this type of info should be in the BSP readme files I think it > would be good to have step by step instructions that gets one from > setting up the build environment to building and creating bootable > media for each board. and those step-by-step instructions don't need to be terribly verbose. remember, you're not trying to explain how to use YP; you're simply summarizing what it takes to get it running on a particular dev kit. all of that should fit on a single page at most. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== --8323328-1900338896-1409328107=:10554--