[yocto] the current dev manual seems to overly emphasize the importance of meta-intel

perusing the current dev manual and it reads: "Supported Board Support Packages (BSPs): The Yocto Project provides a layer called meta-intel and it is maintained in its own separate Git repository..." this wording *seems* to suggest there is something magical about the meta-intel layer as co

[yocto] does anything still use "meta-yocto-kernel-extras"?

still in dev manual (where i'll be all day, i suspect), section 2.2 refers to the layer meta-yocto-kernel-extras, but i don't recall seeing *anything* that uses that layer (anymore?). i just grepped through all of the layers i have checked out and found not a single instance of the string "me

[yocto] [PATCH] Documentation: A few tweaks to chapter 2 of the dev manual.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- scott (or anyone else) is welcome to use any or all of this, or tweak to taste. i have a few other concerns with ch 2 but i'll read it more carefully to make sure i'm reading it correctly. diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/docum

[yocto] i think the explanation of "Build Directory" in dev manual is wrong

here: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#yocto-project-terms explanation of "Build Directory", one reads (start quote): Provide a directory path and specifically name the build directory. This next example creates a Build Directory named YP-11.0.0 in your home

[yocto] [PATCH] Documentation: Small number of tweaks to ch 3, development manual.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 600c789..58343dc 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -430,7 +43

[yocto] ldd

Hello All, I don't see that ldd is part of the cross toolchain build anywhere. Am I missing something? Thanks, Seth ___ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto

Re: [yocto] ldd

On 2013-11-09 06:42, Seth Bollinger wrote: Hello All, I don't see that ldd is part of the cross toolchain build anywhere. Am I missing something? It's built with the eglibc recipe and is packaged separately. -- Gary Thomas

[yocto] Yocto zedboard v4l-utils & 3.6.0 kernel with C920 webcam sucess

Hello all, I finally was able to get the modules needed to support the C920 webcam. The modules needed were a total of eight. tree 3.6.0-digilent-13.01-2-g06b3889 3.6.0-digilent-13.01-2-g06b3889 ├── kernel │ └── drivers │ └── media │ └── video │ ├── gspca │

Re: [yocto] i think the explanation of "Build Directory" in dev manual is wrong

The build dir will definitely be created by the script(s) (assuming permissions). The default build dir will be created under the level of the script as 'build', but you can specify any path. As you point this out I see the sentence: The TOPDIR