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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2013-10-25 16:03:48 +0200
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2013-10-25 16:03:48 +0200
commiteb19c5d4cee01e191ae010b5939f4dd6bf25dbca (patch)
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parentf0020cdd1f1d95acb87d1e24a5acc74be7ee69f9 (diff)
Fix and extend README.
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-Toradex oe-core setup
+Toradex oe-core Setup
=====================
-Setting up an oe-core setup with the help of repo.
-(more on repo: http://code.google.com/p/git-repo/ )
+To simplify installation we provide a repo manifest which manages the different git repositories
+and the used versions. (more on repo: http://code.google.com/p/git-repo/ )
-Install the repo bootstrap binary:
+Install the repo bootstrap binary:
mkdir ~/bin
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
-Create a directory for your oe-core setup to live in and clone the meta information.
+Create a directory for your oe-core setup to live in and clone the meta information.
mkdir oe-core
cd oe-core
- repo init -u http://git.toradex.com/toradex-bsp-platform -b master
+ repo init -u http://git.toradex.com/toradex-bsp-platform.git -b master
repo sync
-Create a development branch in all git repositories
+Optionally create a development branch in all git repositories
repo start mybranch --all
+Source the file export to setup the environment. On first invocation this also copies a sample
+configuration to build/conf/*.conf.
+ . export
-Source the file export to setup the environment. On first invocation this
-also copies a sample configuration to build/conf/*.conf. Adapt local.conf to
-your needs.
+Adapt build/conf/local.conf to your needs. At least check the variables BB_NUMBER_THREADS,
+PARALLEL_MAKE, and MACHINE. Set MACHINE to a preferred value and when you need a different
+one override it from the command line.
- . export
+For Toradex modules the following machines exist:
+
+ apalis-t30
+ colibri-t20
+ colibri-t30
+ colibri-vf50
+
+e.g. set in local.conf
+
+ MACHINE ?= colibri-t30
+
+and then if you want to build for Apalis T30 instead use:
+
+ MACHINE=apalis-t30 bitbake angstrom-lxde-image
+
+More information on our developer website:
+
+ http://developer.toradex.com/software-resources/arm-family/linux/board-support-package/openembedded-(core) \ No newline at end of file