meta-armada38x Getting Started Guide

BSP layer supporting Armada 38x machines, including "388-db-gp" and "clearfog"

System Requirements

• We recommend building on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. For a full list of supported distributions, consult the Yocto manual at http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.6.2/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#detailed-supported-distros.

• If you are using a supported Ubuntu or Debian distribution, the necessary support packages are shown in the following command:

    $ sudo apt-get install gawk curl wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib build-essential chrpath libsdl1.2-dev xterm
  

download_bsp.sh

• If this is your first time using Git on your host, configure your Git identity:

    $ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
    $ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
  

• To initialize the BSP and syncronize with GitHub:

    $ sudo apt-get install curl
    $ curl -L http://goo.gl/orkGm1 > download_bsp.sh
    $ chmod a+x download_bsp.sh
    $ ./download_bsp.sh
  

• This script will install repo to ~/bin, then synchronize with the source repositories. The BSP will be installed to $HOME/armada38x-bsp by default.

NOTE: You can run '~/bin/repo sync' again in this directory to pull any additional changes from upstream at any time.

Builds

• Use the setup-environment script to set up a new build environment. The following example creates the build directory, configured for the Armada 388 DB-GP machine. It will automatically place you in the build directory after completing.

NOTE: setup-environment is sourced with the dot command ., not run directly.

    $ cd $HOME/armada38x-bsp
    $ MACHINE=388-db-gp . setup-environment build/

• Start running a build.

    $ bitbake core-image-base
  

Write Image

• To write a built image to an SD card, USB key, or SATA drive, use write_image.

• 388-db-gp machine:

    $ sudo ./write_image build/tmp/deploy/images/388-db-gp/core-image-base-388-db-gp.tar.bz2
  

• clearfog machine (includes u-boot.mmc):

    $ sudo ./write_image build/tmp/deploy/images/clearfog/core-image-base-clearfog.tar.bz2 build/tmp/deploy/images/clearfog/u-boot.mmc