[yocto] Starting point ... Help?

[Bill Traynor]

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Ian Graham <ian at thecodefactory.ca> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Apologies in advance if this is not the appropriate resource for this
> request. Someone recommended this email list as a potential resource.
>

This is indeed a useful list.


>
> Where is the best place to go to get help on Yocto project if you are
> brand new to this type of embedded development? ... I have basic hardware,
> embedded, computer and software skills but no specific knowledge of linux,
> yocto or build environment?
>
> What I am looking to do is to setup a very simple development environment
> to learn by doing with Raspberry Pi as the BSP and yocto as the SDK. Then
> do some fun little projects to get familiar with the build environment and
> start doing more advanced projects.
>
> I am totally new to yocto, linux and this type of embedded development.
> However, I have been playing with Yocto over the past few weeks trying to
> get a development environment setup up, reading the Yoctoproject.org site,
> googling various resources and trying to learn as much as I can. Setup
> VMware player and build appliance as per the
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/documentation/build-appliance-manual but
> dead ended because of some networking issues. Next tried mysysGit but,
> encountered some errors (attached) when setting up the project.
>

It would seem to me that you're already hitting the most useful resources.
There are also some good introductory videos on Youtube.  Just search for
Yocto.

However, to obtain help here (or anywhere else) you'll need to describe
your "networking issues" in as much detail as possible.  Your msysgit
errors are likely due to a your environment setup, such as your version of
Python.


> Any assistance greatly appreciated.
>
> Ian Graham
>
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