[yocto] Building only the app and not the Linux core

[Ross Burton]

On 12/11/2019 15:33, gholhakiii at yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to build my yocto project, but only my applications. I 
> mean, I would like to separate my Linux build and the application build.
> I want to just have my meta-layer which contains my application being 
> build by calling the bitbake command.
> Can anyone give me a pointer? Using the multiconfig is the way to do it?
> 
> Best
> Em
> 
> P.S. If I want to be more specific, I just want to use Yocto as a 
> cross-compilation tool for baremetal applications.

Baremetal != "just my app and not Linux".

If you want to build a bare metal application then setup the 
distribution as such: meta-freertos is one example using FreeRTOS, and 
we have newlib or baremetal options for the toolchain.  Using Linux and 
glibc is just the default and not hardcoded.

Ross