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From: Philip Balister <philip@balister.org>
To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: BSP advice
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:49:18 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F66747E.504@balister.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <018b01cd0557$8bbd8740$a33895c0$@slingshot.co.nz>

On 03/18/2012 04:36 PM, R U Local wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> Is it possible to build an Angstrom rootfs without building x-load, u-boot
> and kernel image?
> 
> We have a new development that uses an AM3517 based unit.
> 
> The SDK comes with pre-patched source code for x-load, u-boot and kernel.
> There are also compiled binary images.
> 
> To get things working quickly I'd like to build a rootfs with our software
> and dependent packages and use the supplied binaries during installation.
> 
>  
> 
> Would setting ASSUME_PROVIDED in the machine BSP achieve this? 

How are you going to handle the kernel modules?

Build something close and ignore the packages you do not need :)

Philip



      reply	other threads:[~2012-03-18 23:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-18 22:36 BSP advice R U Local
2012-03-18 23:49 ` Philip Balister [this message]

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