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This manual describes the rdk-generic-broadband-image build procedure with EasyMesh Controller enabled for Yocto 3.1 builds. It will be used to generate rdk-generic-broadband-image for Raspberrypi Raspberry Pi reference platform.
For Host setup details refer this link - : How to Build#SettinguptheHostEnvironmentBuild - Setting up the Host Environment
In order to use Yocto build system, the repo tool must be properly installed on the machine.
To install Repo make sure you have a /bin directory in your home directory and that it is included in your path.
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$ mkdir ~/bin |
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$ PATH=~/bin:$PATH |
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$ curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo |
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$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo |
Note: it is also recommended to put credentials in ~/.netrc when interacting with repo.
A sample ~/.netrc file is illustrated below
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machine code.rdkcentral.com |
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login YOUR_USERNAME |
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password YOUR_PASSWORD |
To build, follow below instructions
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$ mkdir <workspace dir> |
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$ cd <workspace dir> |
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$ repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -b dunfell -m rdkb-extsrc.xml |
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$ repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle |
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$ MACHINE=raspberrypi-rdk-broadband source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment |
In order to enable EasyMesh Controller for the build "easymesh-controller" distro feature must be added. The following line must be added to a configuration file (could be meta-cmf-raspberrypi/conf/distro/include/rdk-rpi.inc or meta-cmf-raspberrypi/conf/machine/raspberrypi-rdk-broadband.conf must be modified and the following line must be added:etc):
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DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " easymesh-controller " |
Note: Before proceeding make sure you have the correct branch by checking the following items:
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$ bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image |