From 62ad4edfca78151a0f2327699bfb30f164e4d0a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denys Dmytriyenko Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:52:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README: update with the latest info With distro-less fixes in OE-Core, no distro dependencies are required. Better explain toolchain requirements and setup specific versions. Signed-off-by: Denys Dmytriyenko --- README | 40 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 9c3e5ff..9e91f8d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,36 +1,32 @@ -This layer hard depends on: +The official OpenEmbedded/Yocto BSP layer for Texas Instruments platforms. + +This layer depends on: URI: git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core +layers: meta branch: master revision: HEAD URI: git://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded +layers: meta-oe branch: master revision: HEAD -And optionally depends on: - -URI: git://git.angstrom-distribution.org/meta-angstrom -branch: master -revision: HEAD +There are known issues when using a toolchain with gcc-4.6 and binutils-2.22 +from OpenEmbedded-Core, thus it is recommended to use meta-openembedded layer +with gcc-4.5 + Linaro patches and binutils-2.20.1. -Currently meta-ti only works with the Angstrom distribution and hence -requires the meta-angstrom layer. There are known issues when using -gcc-4.6 based toolchain from OpenEmbedded-Core, thus gcc-4.5 toolchain, -provided by meta-openembedded, is needed. It is planned to fix these -shortcomings in the near future and allow building the base BSP part -of meta-ti with different distributions and layer stacks, such as: -distro-less (only with OE-Core), with Yocto/Poky, with Angstrom or -Arago. +The base BSP part of meta-ti should work with different OpenEmbedded/Yocto +distributions and layer stacks, such as: +distro-less (only with OE-Core), with Yocto/Poky, with Angstrom or Arago. -Due to the above, it is now recommended to follow the instructions at -http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/building-angstrom +Please follow the recommended setup procedures of your OE distribution. When +using in a distro-less configuration, please add to your local.conf: -This will set it up for the OpenEmbedded-core ('yocto') layout instead -of the old "Classic" OpenEmbedded-dev layout. You can optionally tweak -sources/layers.txt and conf/bblayers.conf to (de)select BSP layers. +GCCVERSION = "4.5%" +BINUVERSION = "2.20.1" -Send pull requests to meta-ti@yoctoproject.org +Send pull requests, patches, comments or questions to meta-ti@yoctoproject.org -Main layer maintainers: Denys Dmytriyenko - Koen Kooi +Maintainers: Denys Dmytriyenko + Koen Kooi -- 2.39.2