Yocto: Tools for building a custom embedded Linux distribution

Re:Yocto: Tools for building a custom embedded Linux distrib... by ausjke on Sunday December 01, 2019 @11:34AM (#21676209)

I think you're right.

I worked on Yocto for two years, it is over-engineered _a_ _lot_ to say the least.

The BSP companies like it though, my theory is that, since Yocto is so complex(unnecessarily), only them can solved the problem for clients.

It's a worse case comparing to gentoo for embedded space. Just use buildroot to bring up your board, much simpler and faster with top class documentation.

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Re:Yocto: Tools for building a custom embedded Linux distrib... by _pmf_ on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:34PM (#21676996)

> The BSP companies like it though, my theory is that, since Yocto is so complex(unnecessarily), only them can solved the problem for clients.

I also think Yocto is mainly an advantage for BSP vendors, but I think where the benefits might offset the complexity is when managing lots of client specific variations and adaptations for the same base BSP.

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Re:Yocto: Tools for building a custom embedded Linux distrib... by troubler on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:42PM (#21677043)

So instead of "share code and save money", like normal distro, they use "split code and make profit" model.

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