Setting up the host system
This recipe will explain how to set up a host Linux system to use the Yocto project.
Getting ready
The recommended way to develop an embedded Linux system is using a native Linux workstation. Development work using virtual machines is discouraged, although they may be used for demo and test purposes.
Yocto builds all the components mentioned before from scratch, including the cross-compilation toolchain and the native tools it needs, so the Yocto build process is demanding in terms of processing power and both hard drive space and I/O.
Although Yocto will work fine on machines with lower specifications, for professional developer's workstations, it is recommended to use symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems with 8 GB or ...
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