Chapter 7. Deploying a Custom Layer on the Raspberry Pi
In this chapter you will learn how to generate a custom layer with the different tools the Yocto Project offers. First of all, you'll discover how to generate a layer; then, you will integrate a recipe to the layer. In addition, to finish this chapter, we will generate a custom image. Reading this chapter will enable you to better organize your source code within the Yocto Project.
Creating the meta-packt_rpi layer with the yocto-layer script
To create our custom layer, we can use two different methods:
- Manually: create the directory (
meta-*) and create the layer configuration file (conf/layer.conf) - * Use the
yocto-layerscript provided by the Poky environment
To gain flexibility and avoid ...
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