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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/introduction.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/introduction.xml index 2683d01f2..301086a82 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/introduction.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/introduction.xml @@ -4,43 +4,39 @@ <chapter id='intro'> <title>Introduction</title> -<section id='intro-what-is'> - <title>What is Poky?</title> +<section id='intro-welcome'> + <title>Welcome to Poky!</title> <para> + Poky is the the build tool in Yocto Project. + It is at the heart of Yocto Project. + You use Poky within Yocto Project to build the images (kernel software) for targeted hardware. + </para> - Poky is an open source platform build tool. It is a complete - software development environment for the creation of Linux - devices. It aids the design, development, building, debugging, - simulation and testing of complete modern software stacks - using Linux, the X Window System and GNOME Mobile - based application frameworks. It is based on <ulink - url='http://openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink> but has - been customised with a particular focus. - + <para> + Before jumping into Poky you should have an understanding of Yokto Project. + Be sure you are familiar with the information in the Yocto Project Quick Start. + You can find this documentation on the public <ulink rul='http://yoctoproject.org/'>Yocto Project Website</ulink>. </para> +</section> - <para> Poky was setup to:</para> +<section> + <title>What is Poky?</title> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Provide an open source Linux, X11, Matchbox, GTK+, Pimlico, Clutter, and other <ulink url='http://gnome.org/mobile'>GNOME Mobile</ulink> technologies based full platform build and development tool.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Create a focused, stable, subset of OpenEmbedded that can be easily and reliably built and developed upon.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Fully support a wide range of x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC hardware and device virtulisation</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + <para> + Poky provides an open source Linux, X11, Matchbox, GTK+, Pimlico, Clutter, and other <ulink url='http://gnome.org/mobile'>GNOME Mobile</ulink> technologies based full platform build tool within Yocto Project. + It creates a focused, stable, subset of OpenEmbedded that can be easily and reliably built and developed upon. + Poky fully supports a wide range of x86 ARM, MIPS and PowerPC hardware and device virtulisation. + </para> <para> Poky is primarily a platform builder which generates filesystem images based on open source software such as the Kdrive X server, the Matchbox window manager, the GTK+ toolkit and the D-Bus message bus system. Images for many kinds of devices can be generated, however the standard example - machines target QEMU full system emulation(x86, ARM, MIPS and PowerPC) and the ARM based - Sharp Zaurus series of devices. Poky's ability to boot inside a QEMU + machines target QEMU full system emulation(x86, ARM, MIPS and PowerPC) and + real reference boards for each of these architectures. + Poky's ability to boot inside a QEMU emulator makes it particularly suitable as a test platform for development of embedded software. </para> @@ -76,222 +72,32 @@ <section id='intro-manualoverview'> <title>Documentation Overview</title> - <para> - The handbook is split into sections covering different aspects of Poky. - The <link linkend='usingpoky'>'Using Poky' section</link> gives an overview - of the components that make up Poky followed by information about using and - debugging the Poky build system. The <link linkend='extendpoky'>'Extending Poky' section</link> - gives information about how to extend and customise Poky along with advice - on how to manage these changes. - The <link linkend='bsp'>'Board Support Packages (BSP) - Developers Guide' section</link> - gives information about how to develop BSP such as the common layout, the - software hardware configuration options etc. - The <link linkend='platdev'>'Platform Development with Poky' - section</link> gives information about interaction between Poky and target - hardware for common platform development tasks such as software development, - debugging and profiling. The rest of the manual - consists of several reference sections each giving details on a specific - section of Poky functionality. + The Poky User Guide is split into sections covering different aspects of Poky. + The <link linkend='usingpoky'>'Using Poky' section</link> gives an overview of the components that make up Poky followed by information about using Poky and debugging images created in Yocto Project. + The <link linkend='extendpoky'>'Extending Poky' section</link> gives information about how to extend and customise Poky along with advice on how to manage these changes. + The <link linkend='platdev'>'Platform Development with Poky' section</link> gives information about interaction between Poky and target hardware for common platform development tasks such as software development, debugging and profiling. + The rest of the manual consists of several reference sections each giving details on a specific section of Poky functionality. </para> <para> This manual applies to Poky Release 3.3 (Green). </para> - </section> <section id='intro-requirements'> <title>System Requirements</title> - <para> We recommend Debian-based distributions, in particular a recent Ubuntu release (10.04 or newer), as the host system for Poky. Nothing in Poky is - distribution specific and - other distributions will most likely work as long as the appropriate - prerequisites are installed - we know of Poky being used successfully on Redhat, - SUSE, Gentoo and Slackware host systems. + distribution specific and other distributions will most likely work as long + as the appropriate prerequisites are installed - we know of Poky being used + successfully on Redhat, SUSE, Gentoo and Slackware host systems. + For information on what you need to develop images using Yocto Project and Poky + you should see the Yocto Project Quick Start on the public + <ulink rul='http://yoctoproject.org/'>Yocto Project Website</ulink>. </para> - - <para>On a Debian-based system, you need the following packages installed:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>build-essential</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>python (version 2.6 or later)</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>diffstat</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>texinfo</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>texi2html</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>cvs</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>subversion</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>wget</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>gawk</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>help2man</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>chrpath</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>mercurial</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <para>Furthermore if you wish to run an emulated Poky image using <ulink url='http://qemu.org'>QEMU</ulink> (as in the quickstart below) you will need the following packages installed:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>libgl1-mesa-dev</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>libglu1-mesa-dev</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>libsdl1.2-dev</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>bochsbios (only to run qemux86 images)</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - Debian users can add debian.o-hand.com to their APT sources (See - <ulink url='http://debian.o-hand.com'/> - for instructions on doing this) and then run <command> - "apt-get install qemu poky-depends poky-scripts"</command> which will - automatically install all these dependencies. Virtualisation images with - Poky and all dependencies can also easily be built if required. - </para> - - <para> - Poky can use a system provided QEMU or build its own depending on how it's - configured. See the options in <filename>local.conf</filename> for more details. - </para> -</section> - -<section id='intro-quickstart'> - <title>Quick Start</title> - - <section id='intro-quickstart-build'> - <title>Building and Running an Image</title> - - <para> - If you want to try Poky, you can do so in a few commands. The example below - checks out the Poky source code, sets up a build environment, builds an - image and then runs that image under the QEMU emulator in x86 system emulation mode: - </para> - - <para> - <literallayout class='monospaced'> -$ wget http://pokylinux.org/releases/poky-green-3.3.tar.bz2 -$ tar xjvf poky-green-3.3.tar.bz2 -$ cd green-3.3/ -$ source poky-init-build-env -$ bitbake poky-image-sato -$ bitbake qemu-native -$ runqemu qemux86 -</literallayout> - </para> - - <note> - <para> - This process will need Internet access, about 20 GB of disk space - available, and you should expect the build to take about 4 - 5 hours since - it is building an entire Linux system from source including the toolchain! - </para> - </note> - - <para> - To build for other machines see the <glossterm><link - linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></glossterm> variable in build/conf/local.conf. - This file contains other useful configuration information and the default version - has examples of common setup needs and is worth - reading. To take advantage of multiple processor cores to speed up builds for example, set the - <glossterm><link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</link></glossterm> - and <glossterm><link linkend='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'>PARALLEL_MAKE</link></glossterm> variables. - - The images/kernels built by Poky are placed in the <filename class="directory">tmp/deploy/images</filename> - directory. - </para> - - <para> - You could also run <command>"poky-qemu zImage-qemuarm.bin poky-image-sato-qemuarm.ext2" - </command> within the images directory if you have the poky-scripts Debian package - installed from debian.o-hand.com. This allows the QEMU images to be used standalone - outside the Poky build environment. - </para> - <para> - To setup networking within QEMU see the <link linkend='usingpoky-install-qemu-networking'> - QEMU/USB networking with IP masquerading</link> section. - </para> - - </section> - <section id='intro-quickstart-qemu'> - <title>Downloading and Using Prebuilt Images</title> - - <para> - Prebuilt images from Poky are also available if you just want to run the system - under QEMU. To use these you need to: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Add debian.o-hand.com to your APT sources (See - <ulink url='http://debian.o-hand.com'/> for instructions on doing this) - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Install patched QEMU and poky-scripts:</para> - <para> - <literallayout class='monospaced'> -$ apt-get install qemu poky-scripts -</literallayout> - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Download a Poky QEMU release kernel (*zImage*qemu*.bin) and compressed - filesystem image (poky-image-*-qemu*.ext2.bz2) which - you'll need to decompress with 'bzip2 -d'. These are available from the - <ulink url='http://pokylinux.org/releases/green-3.3/'>last release</ulink> - or from the <ulink url='http://autobuilder.pokylinux.org/'>autobuilder</ulink>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Start the image:</para> - <para> - <literallayout class='monospaced'> -$ poky-qemu <kernel> <image> -</literallayout> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <note><para> - A patched version of QEMU is required at present. A suitable version is available from - <ulink url='http://debian.o-hand.com'/>, it can be built - by poky (bitbake qemu-native) or can be downloaded/built as part of the toolchain/SDK tarballs. - </para></note> - - </section> </section> <section id='intro-getit'> |