Buildsystems

= Yocto Buildsystem =

Migrating to Yocto: A guide and lessons learned
Presenter: Muhammad Tauqir Ahmad, Cisco Meraki Summary: The session talks about the lessons learnt while migrating to the new system, including the technical challenges like supporting proprietary software on Yocto, verifying correctness of the builds produced by the new build system, accommodating the various use cases, as well as human aspects of such a large migration like getting buy-in from stakeholders, documenting process and maintenance.


 * [| [PDF ]] [| [VIDEO ]] ELC 2019

Sweeten your Yocto Build Times with Icecream
Presenter:Joshua Watt, Garmin International Summary: Yocto takes a considerable amount of time to build complex systems and hence, a lot of time is spent waiting for builds to complete.One method of accelerating these builds is to use a distributed compiler such as Icecream. The presenter discusses the current state of Icecream support in Yocto, pros and cons of using Icecream, typical configurations, as well as tips, tricks, and quirks he has learned while using Icecream.
 * [| [PDF ]] [| [VIDEO ]] ELC 2019

Working with the Linux Kernel in the Yocto Project
Presenter:Sean Hudson, The Yocto Project Summary: The slides cover an example recipe to add the Kernel to the build and talks about the best practices and the work flows to create a custom kernel for their distribution. The talk also explores the development cycle of creating a new kernel configuration and integrating it fully back into the platform.


 * [| [PDF ]] [| [VIDEO ]] ELC 2018

= Bitbake =

Top 3 pains in professional use of bitbake
Presenter: Klaas van Gend Summary: This presentation will give an idea about the usage of bitbake for OpenEmbedded platforms and how Bitbake fits into professional use better than "Linux from Scratch” and how community knowledge can be leveraged.
 * [| [PDF ]] ELC 2019

= Buildroot =

Buildroot V/s OpenEmbedded/Yocto: A Four Hands Discussion
Presenter: Alexandre Belloni & Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Summary: This presentation compares the general philosophy, output, configuration, layers, tool-chains, packages and complexity of both Buildroot and Yocto for Embedded Linux platforms.
 * [| [PDF ]] [| [VIDEO ]] ELC 2019