Howdy! On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 01:12:52PM +0000, Richard Barrass wrote: > Hello, > > I am a lead engineer on project where we run a well-known Linux distribution > on-top of a SBC (Intel Quad Pentium processor based) driving a 27" display. > We have a 32GB SSD to run from, which we partition with multiple EXT4 > partitions to help with potential corruption mitigation if the device is > switched off 'hard'. > > But, with the well-known Linux distribution comes a lot of things we don't > need, plus the potential ability to 'break' in to our application which is > running full-screen. > > We basically need > > QT 5.12 runtime (our application) > SSH > OpenVPN > Wifi > Ethernet > Modem (via Telit modem) > USB-ACM > USB-Memory stick > > Is this something I should be looking to the yocto project for, or should I > be looking at a more 'traditional' custom linux distro.
Certainly doable. > > The only other aspect, is that we have future plans to cost reduce the > application to be running on a Pi based, 10" display system ... If thats a set goal, then it makes YP even more interesting for you. > > Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated. Prepare for a steep learning curve and a lot of headshaking each time you say "but I just want to". But you will be rewarded with an awesome amount of control and power if you make it through. Have a look at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD4M5FoHz-TxMfBFrDKfIS_GLY25Qsfyj to get an idea how things work. Greetz > > Regards > Richard > > -- > Richard Barrass > > [BassettElectronicSystemsLtd_Logo] > Bassett Electronic Systems Ltd. Solutions under one roof. > T: 01793 859974 E: > r.barr...@bassettelectronics.com<mailto:r.barr...@bassettelectronics.com> > Unit 23-25 Whitehill Industrial Estate, Whitehill Lane, Royal Wootton > Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 7DB > > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto -- ——————————————— Josef Holzmayr Software Developer Embedded Systems Tel: +49 8444 9204-48 Fax: +49 8444 9204-50 R-S-I Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG Woelkestrasse 11 D-85301 Schweitenkirchen www.rsi-elektrotechnik.de ——————————————— Amtsgericht Ingolstadt – GmbH: HRB 191328 – KG: HRA 170393 Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Michael Sorg, Dipl.-Ing. Franz Sorg Ust-IdNr: DE 128592548 _____________________________________________________________ Amtsgericht Ingolstadt - GmbH: HRB 191328 - KG: HRA 170363 Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Michael Sorg, Dipl.-Ing. Franz Sorg USt-IdNr.: DE 128592548 -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
