Yocto

Yocto Quick Start

I've mentioned the Yocto (1) embedded framework in previous blog posts. Some people may have shied away from trying it because they have heard it has a steep learning curve. While Yocto is complex, it is very easy to get started and you can do so without any embedded hardware.In this post I'll…

How to Put a Yocto Build Under Continuous Integration in the Cloud

Continuous Integration has become standard practice in software development. Yocto is used in almost all embedded devices that run Linux, but is time consuming to work with. It can take many hours to do a complete Yocto build from scratch, so at first glance it seems infeasible to do a build each…

How to Create Reproducible Yocto Environments with Buildah

Part of my job is to prepare Yocto setups for our customers' devices. My goal is twofold: set up an environment a client can easily reproduce; and ensure this environment also allows developers to have multiple projects at the same time. In this blog post I explore the workflow I use in order to…