Using Make for Easy Yocto Builds On Intel Edison

This documentation goes though the process of building a Yocto Linux image via simple make files for the Intel Edison board. The make file method for building Yocto images is much simpler than the manual build methods. The make files provided by Intel in the BSP Edison source package wrap the build process with scripts to make building an extremely simple process.

Manually Building Yocto Images for the Intel Edison Board from Source

This documentation goes though the process of manually building a Yocto Linux image for the Intel Edison hardware. The build techniques used here do not use the easier make file method which is now available in the Intel Edison Board Support Package (BSP) source. For documentation on building via the make file method, I will do a follow up post which explains that process in detail.

The manual build method used in this documentation allows for easier customization of the base Yocto image. Customizations can include tweaks such as changing the base kernel, adding extra kernel modules, adding base application packages, etc.

Building Yocto Linux Images for the Gumstix Overo

This writeup goes over some basics on how to build and install a Yocto Linux image for an Overo Gumstix board. The Yocto build described in this document can be directly installed on a Gumstix board or you can utilize the kernel, modules and firmware it creates to construct other Linux distributions (Debian, Kali, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc) for your Gumstix board.

Here is a short summary of what this writeup covers:

1. How to manually build and compile a Yocto image for a Gumstix Overo.
2. A quick alternative way to build a Gumstix Yocto image.
3. Where to download Yocto images if you are not interested in building them yourself.
4. How to install a Linux image to an SD card for your Gumstix board.
5. How to access your image after installation