**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Nov 27 02:59:57 2011 Nov 27 17:46:52 Hey guys, really quick question, is there any intension to support BeagleBone in upcoming releases of Yocto? I see that kernel patches for this release perhaps target 3.1 kernel which isn't currently supported and so I thought best to ask Nov 27 17:52:16 Don't know about yocto proper, but meta-ti has a beagle bone machine. haven't tried building it, but it's there Nov 27 17:53:25 kool thanks, typically I'm new to yocto and so a bit uneasy stepping out of the mainline BSPs etc justyet Nov 27 17:54:33 fair enough, but meta-ti is maintained by folks that work at TI, so I'd have a fair bit of confidence in it ;) Nov 27 17:59:00 Ali_, the intention is the moajority of bsps are in other layers Nov 27 17:59:04 thanks, well, hopefully the hardware will arrive this week and I'll be able to give it a go! Nov 27 19:05:02 Ali_: angstrom would be your best best for a distro which supports bone Nov 27 19:16:03 khem, I'm looking towards the future a little in regards to customised production beaglebones for projects etc, yocto seemed inviting in this sense Nov 27 19:18:41 Ali_: angstrom uses the same core that yocto does. Nov 27 19:19:57 kergoth, aye I understand that both are based on OE, but I like for example the eclipse plug-ins of yocto for making it easy to customise distributions Nov 27 19:20:40 don't see any reason you couldn't use those just fine Nov 27 19:21:00 hmmm Nov 27 19:21:03 worth a shot Nov 27 19:21:39 I really like the idea behind yocto, I've found getting into embedded development a nightmare without funding for some dedicated training courses, anything to ease the process I think is a very good thing Nov 27 19:22:03 * kergoth nods, agreed Nov 27 19:22:39 As people have said before, this core system stuff just isn't where the value-add lies, was just a time sink for everybody. sharing that work is a good thing Nov 27 19:23:20 indeed Nov 27 19:24:17 I think it's difficult with OpenSource, you have a fine balance of productivity/community/funding/front-facing etc Nov 27 19:25:57 Ali_: then buy Nov 27 19:26:00 it's difficult to expose all that hard and ongoing work in a user-friendly manner Nov 27 19:26:24 there are many vendors who add value on top of OSS Nov 27 19:26:34 and offer tools and support Nov 27 19:29:04 aye, but until I Iearn more of the process, there's no way I could approach a potential investor, in the case of the BeagleBone for example, the TI cpu is perfect and a good price, but it's hard to scope overall project cost without knowing how difficult things really are and as it's a new product, I'm yet to see any readymade linux distros for this? Nov 27 19:29:31 well, commercial ones sorry Nov 27 19:30:48 out of curiosity, as anyone here gone on a training course for embedded linux or picked it up over time? Nov 27 19:30:53 has* Nov 27 19:31:40 Ali_: I have imparted some trainings :) Nov 27 19:32:46 khem, don't suppose you still are and have a website or prices etc? Nov 27 19:33:09 least I can do is build a list of possabilities Nov 27 19:33:25 Ali_: kcomputing.com Nov 27 19:33:25 I'd certainly feel more comfortable with training Nov 27 19:35:17 khem, thanks, I'll give it a look-over, I'm a little disadvantaged being UK based, fewer public training sessions seem to head our way Nov 27 19:36:35 hmm yeah location Nov 27 19:37:58 all hail webinars! =S Nov 27 19:51:32 well thanks for the help guys, got to pop off now, cheers **** ENDING LOGGING AT Mon Nov 28 02:59:56 2011