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Yocto Build

Host Machine Setup

Hardware requirements:

  • Ubuntu 18.04 desktop machine
  • RAM - 8 GB or more
  • Memory - a minimum of 100 GB free space

Refer to the link for host machine setup: Host Setup

Yocto workspace setup

Code Block
languagebash
titleBuild setup
repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -b dunfell -m rdkb-extsrc.xml
repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle


Populate eSDK

  •   broadband RPi gateway


Code Block
languagebash
titleImage build
MACHINE=raspberrypi-rdk-broadband source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment
bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image -c populate_sdk_ext -f


The generated eSDK installer resides under the directory build-<MACHINE>/tmp/deploy/sdk/rdk-glibc-x86_64-arm-toolchain-ext-2.0.sh of the Yocto workspace.

Note: The generated eSDK installer script usually occupies 1.5 to 2.5 GB

eSDK Installation

The installer can be done on any x86_64 Linux machines.

Host Configuration

Refer to the RDKCentral's credential configuration to setup RDK Central's credentials in the machine where eSDK to be installed. This is to access repositories by the RDK Yocto recipes that reside in the eSDK installer.

Installation

Code Block
languagebash
# run the installer script file
# installer asks for a directory to install (default directory ~/rdk_sdk)
# installer asks permission to proceed
./rdk-glibc-x86_64-arm-toolchain-ext-2.0.s(default directory ~/rdk_sdk)
# installer asks permission to proceed
./rdk-glibc-x86_64-arm-toolchain-ext-2.0.sh

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Code Block
languagebash
xxxuser@yyy-machine-003:~/RPi_esdk/build-raspberrypi-rdk-broadband/tmp/deploy/sdk$ ./rdk-glibc-x86_64-arm-toolchain-ext-2.0.sh RDK (A Yocto Project based Distro) Extensible SDK installer version 2.0
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Enter target directory for SDK (default: ~/rdk_sdk): 
You are about to install the SDK to "/mnt/home/mgopal850/rdk_sdk". Proceed [Y/n]? Y
Extracting SDK.........................................................................................done
Setting it up...
Extracting buildtools...
Preparing build system...
Initialising tasks: 100% |######################################################################################################| Time: 0:00:00
done
SDK has been successfully set up and is ready to be used.
Each time you wish to use the SDK in a new shell session, you need to source the environment setup script e.g.
 $ . /mnt/home/mgopal850/rdk_sdk/environment-setup-cortexa7t2hf-neon-vfpv4-rdk-linux-gnueabi

Build from eSDK

This section covers how to use the eSDK for component build and image build

Environment Setup

The installer can be run on any x86_64 Linux based machines.

Code Block
languagebash
# change directory to the installed path
cd ~/rdk_sdk
# setup the eSDK environemnt
source environment-setup-cortexa7t2hf-neon-vfpv4-rdk-linux-gnueabi

New Components

Add Component

Code Block
languagebash
# way 1
# add a new recipe with URL
devtool add <recipe_name> <source URL>
devtool add mosquitto "http://mosquitto.org/files/source/mosquitto-1.6.10.tar.gz"

# way 2
# add a new recipe with external source directory
devtool add <recipe_name> <absolute path>
# eg. devtool add wireless-tools /path/for/source/directory

Modify Component

Code Block
languagebash
# modify existing recipe's URL or srctree or to add patches
devtool modify <recipe_name> <new URL>
devtool modify mosquitto "http://mosquitto.org/files/source/mosquitto-1.6.10.tar.gz"

Edit Component's recipe

Code Block
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# modify recipe from an editor
devtool edit-recipe <recipe_name>
# eg. devtool edit-recipe mosquitto

Build Components

Code Block
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# Pre-requisite: add a new recipe using devtool
devtool build <recipe_name>
# eg. devtool build mosquitto

Deploy binaries

Code Block
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# Pre-requisite: add a new recipe using devtool
devtool deploy-target <recipe_name> <target_path>
# eg. devtool deploy-target mosquitto root@192.168.xx.xx

Build Image

A complete RDK image can be generated from the eSDK installer.

Note: The same image where the eSDK populated can be generated here.

Code Block
languagebash
# devtool command to build image from eSDK
# <IMAGE> - rdk-generic-broadband-image
devtool build-image <IMAGE>

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