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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ | |||
30 | <para>Create a focused, stable, subset of OpenEmbedded that can be easily and reliably built and developed upon.</para> | 30 | <para>Create a focused, stable, subset of OpenEmbedded that can be easily and reliably built and developed upon.</para> |
31 | </listitem> | 31 | </listitem> |
32 | <listitem> | 32 | <listitem> |
33 | <para>Fully support a wide range of x86 and ARM hardware and device virtulisation</para> | 33 | <para>Fully support a wide range of x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC hardware and device virtulisation</para> |
34 | </listitem> | 34 | </listitem> |
35 | </itemizedlist> | 35 | </itemizedlist> |
36 | 36 | ||
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ | |||
39 | based on open source software such as the Kdrive X server, the Matchbox | 39 | based on open source software such as the Kdrive X server, the Matchbox |
40 | window manager, the GTK+ toolkit and the D-Bus message bus system. Images | 40 | window manager, the GTK+ toolkit and the D-Bus message bus system. Images |
41 | for many kinds of devices can be generated, however the standard example | 41 | for many kinds of devices can be generated, however the standard example |
42 | machines target QEMU full system emulation (both x86 and ARM) and the ARM based | 42 | machines target QEMU full system emulation(x86, ARM, MIPS and PowerPC) and the ARM based |
43 | Sharp Zaurus series of devices. Poky's ability to boot inside a QEMU | 43 | Sharp Zaurus series of devices. Poky's ability to boot inside a QEMU |
44 | emulator makes it particularly suitable as a test platform for development | 44 | emulator makes it particularly suitable as a test platform for development |
45 | of embedded software. | 45 | of embedded software. |
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ | |||
83 | of the components that make up Poky followed by information about using and | 83 | of the components that make up Poky followed by information about using and |
84 | debugging the Poky build system. The <link linkend='extendpoky'>'Extending Poky' section</link> | 84 | debugging the Poky build system. The <link linkend='extendpoky'>'Extending Poky' section</link> |
85 | gives information about how to extend and customise Poky along with advice | 85 | gives information about how to extend and customise Poky along with advice |
86 | on how to manage these changes. The <link linkend='platdev'>'Platform Development with Poky' | 86 | on how to manage these changes. |
87 | The <link linkend='bsp'>'Board Support Packages (BSP) - Developers Guide' section</link> | ||
88 | gives information about how to develop BSP such as the common layout, the | ||
89 | software hardware configuration options etc. | ||
90 | The <link linkend='platdev'>'Platform Development with Poky' | ||
87 | section</link> gives information about interaction between Poky and target | 91 | section</link> gives information about interaction between Poky and target |
88 | hardware for common platform development tasks such as software development, | 92 | hardware for common platform development tasks such as software development, |
89 | debugging and profiling. The rest of the manual | 93 | debugging and profiling. The rest of the manual |
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ | |||
92 | </para> | 96 | </para> |
93 | 97 | ||
94 | <para> | 98 | <para> |
95 | This manual applies to Poky Release 3.1 (Pinky). | 99 | This manual applies to Poky Release 3.3 (Green). |
96 | </para> | 100 | </para> |
97 | 101 | ||
98 | </section> | 102 | </section> |
@@ -200,13 +204,14 @@ $ tar xjvf poky-green-3.3.tar.bz2 | |||
200 | $ cd green-3.3/ | 204 | $ cd green-3.3/ |
201 | $ source poky-init-build-env | 205 | $ source poky-init-build-env |
202 | $ bitbake poky-image-sato | 206 | $ bitbake poky-image-sato |
207 | $ bitbake qemu-native | ||
203 | $ runqemu qemux86 | 208 | $ runqemu qemux86 |
204 | </literallayout> | 209 | </literallayout> |
205 | </para> | 210 | </para> |
206 | 211 | ||
207 | <note> | 212 | <note> |
208 | <para> | 213 | <para> |
209 | This process will need Internet access, about 3 GB of disk space | 214 | This process will need Internet access, about 20 GB of disk space |
210 | available, and you should expect the build to take about 4 - 5 hours since | 215 | available, and you should expect the build to take about 4 - 5 hours since |
211 | it is building an entire Linux system from source including the toolchain! | 216 | it is building an entire Linux system from source including the toolchain! |
212 | </para> | 217 | </para> |
@@ -266,8 +271,8 @@ $ apt-get install qemu poky-scripts | |||
266 | Download a Poky QEMU release kernel (*zImage*qemu*.bin) and compressed | 271 | Download a Poky QEMU release kernel (*zImage*qemu*.bin) and compressed |
267 | filesystem image (poky-image-*-qemu*.ext2.bz2) which | 272 | filesystem image (poky-image-*-qemu*.ext2.bz2) which |
268 | you'll need to decompress with 'bzip2 -d'. These are available from the | 273 | you'll need to decompress with 'bzip2 -d'. These are available from the |
269 | <ulink url='http://pokylinux.org/releases/blinky-3.0/'>last release</ulink> | 274 | <ulink url='http://pokylinux.org/releases/green-3.3/'>last release</ulink> |
270 | or from the <ulink url='http://pokylinux.org/autobuild/poky/'>autobuilder</ulink>. | 275 | or from the <ulink url='http://autobuilder.pokylinux.org/'>autobuilder</ulink>. |
271 | </para> | 276 | </para> |
272 | </listitem> | 277 | </listitem> |
273 | <listitem> | 278 | <listitem> |
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ $ poky-qemu <kernel> <image> | |||
306 | <para> | 311 | <para> |
307 | We make nightly builds of Poky for testing purposes and to make the | 312 | We make nightly builds of Poky for testing purposes and to make the |
308 | latest developments available. The output from these builds is available | 313 | latest developments available. The output from these builds is available |
309 | at <ulink url='http://pokylinux.org/autobuild/'/> | 314 | at <ulink url='http://autobuilder.pokylinux.org/'/> |
310 | where the numbers increase for each subsequent build and can be used to reference it. | 315 | where the numbers increase for each subsequent build and can be used to reference it. |
311 | </para> | 316 | </para> |
312 | 317 | ||
@@ -316,7 +321,7 @@ $ poky-qemu <kernel> <image> | |||
316 | be used either as external standalone toolchains or can be combined with Poky as a | 321 | be used either as external standalone toolchains or can be combined with Poky as a |
317 | prebuilt toolchain to reduce build time. Using the external toolchains is simply a | 322 | prebuilt toolchain to reduce build time. Using the external toolchains is simply a |
318 | case of untarring the tarball into the root of your system (it only creates files in | 323 | case of untarring the tarball into the root of your system (it only creates files in |
319 | <filename class="directory">/usr/local/poky</filename>) and then enabling the option | 324 | <filename class="directory">/opt/poky</filename>) and then enabling the option |
320 | in <filename>local.conf</filename>. | 325 | in <filename>local.conf</filename>. |
321 | </para> | 326 | </para> |
322 | 327 | ||