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 > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/bfdc0994-7b68-489a-8db0-daab050065dc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
