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Upstream Linux Amlogic Meson Yocto/OpenEmbedded Layer
https://github.com/superna9999/meta-meson/wiki
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Finding correct image version #29

Closed LeosSire closed 6 years ago

LeosSire commented 6 years ago

Please forgive my ignorance, I come from an OpenWRT background so OE/Yocto is new to me.

I am interested is using the Amlogic S905x box (Best bang for buck) but how do i determine which of the S905x images I should use?

I hope this isn't a stupid question, I don't want to brick the device first time out.

Thank you,

twoerner commented 6 years ago

Hi LeosSire, welcome to OpenEmbedded!

This layer, meta-meson, is a BSP layer, just one part of what is needed to build an image. A BSP layer adds to a build by enabling target-specific things. So, in addition to the images defined in this BSP layer, there are also images (core-image-minimal, core-image-base, core-image-full-cmdline, etc...) provided by the base layers (openembedded-core) that form a build.

Maybe you'll find the following links useful: https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-overview/ https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.5/brief-yoctoprojectqs/brief-yoctoprojectqs.html

Are you referring to the "le potato" device? Since this device's images can be placed on and booted from an SDcard, you won't brick this device. Remember to include this layer in your conf/bblayers.conf, and set the MACHINE to "libretech-cc" in conf/local.conf. If the image is bad, fix the configuration, rebuild, reload the SDcard, and try booting again.

LeosSire commented 6 years ago

What a concise response, thank you,

[(https://github.com/kraj/meta-openwrt)] offers a very useful compilation routine covering the basics of OE which I am running through, its OpenWRT after all. Compiling the QEMUARM image to play with in the mean time.

I'm looking at using the Android TV Box as they are cheap-as-chips.

Thank you,

twoerner commented 6 years ago

The Yocto mailing list and IRC channel can be quite helpful: https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/ https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/mailing-lists/