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Poky Hardware README
====================
-This file gives details about using Poky with different hardware reference
-boards and consumer devices. A full list of target machines can be found by
-looking in the meta/conf/machine/ directory. If in doubt about using Poky with
-your hardware, consult the documentation for your board/device.
+This file gives details about using Poky with the reference machines
+supported out of the box. A full list of supported reference target machines
+can be found by looking in the following directories:
+
+ meta/conf/machine/
+ meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/
+
+If you are in doubt about using Poky/OpenEmbedded with your hardware, consult
+the documentation for your board/device.
Support for additional devices is normally added by creating BSP layers - for
more information please see the Yocto Board Support Package (BSP) Developer's
Guide - documentation source is in documentation/bspguide or download the PDF
from:
- http://yoctoproject.org/community/documentation
+ http://yoctoproject.org/documentation
-Support for machines other than QEMU may be moved out to separate BSP layers in
-future versions.
+Support for physical reference hardware has now been split out into a
+meta-yocto-bsp layer which can be removed separately from other layers if not
+needed.
QEMU Emulation Targets
======================
-To simplify development Poky supports building images to work with the QEMU
-emulator in system emulation mode. Several architectures are currently
-supported:
+To simplify development, the build system supports building images to
+work with the QEMU emulator in system emulation mode. Several architectures
+are currently supported:
* ARM (qemuarm)
* x86 (qemux86)
@@ -30,32 +36,33 @@ supported:
* PowerPC (qemuppc)
* MIPS (qemumips)
-Use of the QEMU images is covered in the Poky Reference Manual. The Poky
-MACHINE setting corresponding to the target is given in brackets.
+Use of the QEMU images is covered in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
+The appropriate MACHINE variable value corresponding to the target is given
+in brackets.
Hardware Reference Boards
=========================
-The following boards are supported by Poky's core layer:
+The following boards are supported by the meta-yocto-bsp layer:
* Texas Instruments Beagleboard (beagleboard)
* Freescale MPC8315E-RDB (mpc8315e-rdb)
* Ubiquiti Networks RouterStation Pro (routerstationpro)
-For more information see the board's section below. The Poky MACHINE setting
-corresponding to the board is given in brackets.
+For more information see the board's section below. The appropriate MACHINE
+variable value corresponding to the board is given in brackets.
Consumer Devices
================
-The following consumer devices are supported by Poky's core layer:
+The following consumer devices are supported by the meta-yocto-bsp layer:
* Intel Atom based PCs and devices (atom-pc)
-For more information see the device's section below. The Poky MACHINE setting
-corresponding to the device is given in brackets.
+For more information see the device's section below. The appropriate MACHINE
+variable value corresponding to the device is given in brackets.
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ supports ethernet, wifi, sound, and i915 graphics by default in addition to
common PC input devices, busses, and so on.
Depending on the device, it can boot from a traditional hard-disk, a USB device,
-or over the network. Writing poky generated images to physical media is
+or over the network. Writing generated images to physical media is
straightforward with a caveat for USB devices. The following examples assume the
target boot device is /dev/sdb, be sure to verify this and use the correct
device as the following commands are run as root and are not reversable.
@@ -131,7 +138,7 @@ USB Device:
device stops flashing, remove and reinsert the device to allow the
kernel to detect the new partition layout.
- c. Copy the contents of the poky image to the USB-ZIP mode device:
+ c. Copy the contents of the image to the USB-ZIP mode device:
# mkdir /tmp/image
# mkdir /tmp/usbkey
@@ -281,8 +288,8 @@ anything here.
Load the kernel and dtb (device tree blob), and boot the system as follows:
1. Get the kernel (uImage-mpc8315e-rdb.bin) and dtb (uImage-mpc8315e-rdb.dtb)
- files from the Poky build tmp/deploy directory, and make them available on
- your TFTP server.
+ files from the tmp/deploy directory, and make them available on your TFTP
+ server.
2. Connect the board's first serial port to your workstation and then start up
your favourite serial terminal so that you will be able to interact with
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