Hi Jan

Did you work with I2C2 and SPI in beaglebone using buildroot?

All the wiki and articles in the internet are referring to the fact that 
there is a cape manager , but 
in 4.4 kernel which the buildroot install there is no cape manager.
So how do i install overlays?

Thanks
Eli 


On Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 4:44:48 PM UTC+3, Frank Hunleth wrote:
>
> Hi Janek,
>
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Janek <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
> >  I have to admit now I'm a bit more confused now and that means more 
> reading
> > and experimenting.
> > There seems to be 2 extreme models for Beaglebone usage:
> > 1) Beaglebone as Arduino on steroid path(low end)
> > 2) Open Embedded path(high end)
>
> One of the neat things about the Beaglebone is that it has such a
> range of applicability. I think that makes it very challenging to
> create a software distribution that makes everyone happy. FWIW, there
> are other Linux options that on the spectrum between your #1 and #2
> models. See the Linux section:
>
> http://beagleboard.org/static/beaglebone/latest/README.htm
>
> I personally use Buildroot with the Beaglebone, and I'm quite happy
> with it. The main difference with buildroot is that your workflow is
> building system images (rootfs images to be specific) rather than
> working with a package manager. In other words, if a program is
> missing from your image, with Angstrom, you can just run opkg, but
> with Buildroot, you're probably going to rebuild your rootfs.
> Buildroot also starts with a minimalist configuration and you build up
> from there.
>
> Having said that, I find it is easier to understand how the system
> works with Buildroot. It also has a simple UI for selecting and
> configuring packages which can be nice.
>
> My hope is that Beaglebone support will be in the main Buildroot
> distribution by their next release. It's taking a little longer than I
> was hoping to get the patches upstream. For now, though, you can look
> at my GitHub project if you're interested:
>
> https://github.com/fhunleth/buildroot-beaglebone
>
> Frank
>
> > I am somewhere in between, but rather prefer the second path.
> > Unfortunately OE is very difficult to comprehend, user unfriendly and I
> > would be happy
> > to see some improvements to it.
> > Once again thanks for your help.
> >
> > Jan
>
>

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