Course Outline
Yocto Project Foundations for OpenBMC
- Overview of the Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded.
- OpenBMC-specific layers: meta-phosphor, meta-aspeed, meta-arm.
- Layer priorities and dependencies.
- poky, oe-core, and OpenBMC distribution policy.
BitBake Deep Dive
- Recipe syntax and structure.
- Tasks, dependencies, and variable flags.
- Inheritance and bbclass files.
- Debugging recipes with devtool.
Machine and BSP Layers
- Creating a new machine configuration.
- Device tree integration for ARM BMC SoCs.
- Kernel recipe customization.
- U-Boot configuration for BMC boot.
Customizing Images
- Image recipes and FEATURES flags.
- Adding and removing packages.
- Partition layouts and flash sizes.
- initramfs and systemd integration.
Package Management
- Writing recipes for custom C++ sdbusplus services.
- Python application packaging.
- Systemd unit file deployment.
- License compliance and COPYING files.
Build Optimization
- Shared state cache (sstate) configuration.
- Using pre-mirrors and local downloads.
- Parallel build tuning.
- Build host resource management.
SDK and Cross-Compilation
- Generating the OpenBMC SDK.
- Cross-compiling applications outside bitbake.
- Using devtool add/modify workflow.
- Testing binaries on target hardware.
Layer Maintenance and Upgrades
- Updating layer dependencies.
- Handling upstream Yocto releases.
- Backporting patches and security fixes.
- Version pinning strategies.
Requirements
- Experience with the Linux command line and shell scripting.
- Basic understanding of embedded Linux build systems.
- Familiarity with Git and Git workflows.
Audience
- Embedded Linux developers.
- Yocto/OpenEmbedded practitioners.
- Firmware engineers transitioning to OpenBMC.
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