Easier Yocto Upgrades in the Development Environment
Talkat Embedded Linux Conference + OpenIoT Summit North America 2017 · on Tuesday, 2017-02-21· at 14:00· Atrium Ballroom·
summary
Describes a process Dell used to reduce package build failures and compiler breakage when upgrading Yocto across releases for the iDRAC and other embedded products. Names Yocto as the build system and focuses on changes to the development environment that eased transitions through three Yocto releases, reporting that Dell applied the method successfully for about a year and a half.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:26Outline - Easier Yocto upgrades in development
- 2:44Problem Statement
- 7:22Dell EMC firmware development environment
- 13:08Development Setup
- 16:51The Big Idea
- 18:06Directory Structure
- 18:56Git repositories
- 19:58Repository Manifest
- 22:44Branching Overview. poky-next
- 26:58Benefits
- 30:46Taking it further
- 35:23Branching Overview: poky minor
- 36:17Branching Overview. poky minor
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