An overview of using Yocto or Buildroot for production deployments, including a basic example of adding a custom package in a custom project tree. Prepared as guest lecture for ECEN 5013 at University of Colorado at Boulder during the Spring 2019 semester.

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https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#customize-packages
https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#adding-packages
https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#generic-package-tutorial

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ECEN5013_HELLO_WORLD_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR=~/ecen5013
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https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#_advanced_usage
https://memegenerator.net/instance/58615088/scooby-doo-scared-ruh-roh-raggy

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https://github.com/cu-ecen-5013/ecen5013-yocto/blob/master/meta-ecen5013/recipes-ecen5013/images/core-image-ecen5013.bb

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27. https://memegenerator.net/instance/58615088/scooby-doo-scared-ruh-roh-raggy

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hello-world/ecen5013-hello-world_git.bb
https://github.com/cu-ecen-5013/ecen5013-yocto/commit/34777e45ffe6d7c06e3636089590f2a2190ef827
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36. Criteria Buildroot Yocto
Simplicity/Initial
Learning Curve
Simplest More Complex
Developer workflow
support
Good Best
Clean Build Time Shorter Longer
Incremental Build
Support
Moderate Very Good
Platform/Package
support
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