Yocto Project provides open source tools to help developers create custom Linux distributions, especially for embedded use. Hardware support is widely available from large chip vendors, and one could say that Yocto is currently the de-facto standard for creating embedded Linux ditributions. Yocto also provides a well-defined workflow for application development. However, despite its wide adoption and populatity, it seems to fall somewhat short in the are of unit testing.
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Embedded development with Yocto and Rust
Customized Linux distribution and a safe systems programming language sounds like a very interesting combination for embedded development. That is what makes Yocto and Rust such a good match. So, I wanted to see how Rust projects could be cross-compiled with Yocto-generated toolchain and root filesystem. The steps are described in this post. Continue reading “Embedded development with Yocto and Rust”
Why and how to enable ARM Thumb-2 instruction set in Yocto
The ARM Thumb-2 instruction set is not a new thing. In fact it was announced already in 2003. Yet, the standard ARM instruction set is often still used because it is the default option, while Thumb-2 could be a better alternative. This post explains why the Thumb-2 can be a better option for many applications and also how to configure it in Yocto build system for Linux kernel, system libraries, utilities and user binaries. Continue reading “Why and how to enable ARM Thumb-2 instruction set in Yocto”
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