TS-4900 Yocto getting started
Yocto itself is a set of scripts and tools used to build a custom distribution. In our default images we try to include all the common utilities requested by users. Rebuilding Yocto should not be necessary for many users, but is possible if needed. See the Custom Build Yocto section for information on this process.
Our Yocto rootfs tarball is available here:
| Yocto Image | Download Link |
| ts-x11-image (Yocto Zeus) | Download |
To write this to an SD card, first partition the SD card to have one large ext3 partition. Most SD cards include one MBR partition by default. Cards can also be partitioned with fdisk, cfdisk, or the graphical gparted utility. This should be an MBR partition table, not GPT. Once it is partitioned, format the SD and extract this tar with:
# Assuming your SD card is /dev/sdc with one partition
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1
mkdir /mnt/sd/
sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/sd/
sudo tar --numeric-owner -jxf ts-x11-image-tsimx6-latest.rootfs.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/sd
sudo umount /mnt/sd
sync
| Note: | The ext4 filesystem can be used instead of ext3, but it may require additional options. U-Boot does not support the 64bit addressing added as the default behavior in recent revisions of mkfs.ext4. If using e2fsprogs 1.43 or newer, the options "-O ^64bit,^metadata_csum" must be used with ext4 for proper compatibility. Older versions of e2fsprogs do not need these options passed nor are they needed for ext3. |
To rewrite the eMMC, boot to the SD card. You cannot rewrite the eMMC while it is mounted elsewhere, or used to currently boot the system. Once booted to the SD, run:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk2p1
mkdir /mnt/emmc
mount /dev/mmcblk2p1 /mnt/emmc
wget -qO- https://files.embeddedTS.com/ts-socket-macrocontrollers/ts-4900-linux/distributions/yocto/zeus/ts-x11-image-tsimx6-latest.rootfs.tar.bz2 | tar --numeric-owner xj -C /mnt/emmc/
umount /mnt/emmc
sync
The same commands can be used to write SATA by substituting /dev/mmcblk2p1 with /dev/sda1.
First Boot
The stock Yocto image provides a single login of root with no password. With Zeus, the wired ethernet interface will attempt to acquire an IP address via DHCP automatically. However, it is not possible to log in via the network at this time due to security of the device requiring a password for SSH access. Initial login to the device must first be done on the serial console.