Automation is an important part of every software project. If you need to do something repeatedly, chances are, that it can be easily put in a script and done for you. It is especially important in build systems, that is why I would like to automate all the steps, that…
Raspberry Pi has a fairly complicated boot process with two bootloaders. The first one resides in built-in ROM and is responsible for starting the GPU. The GPU executes bootcode.bin, the second bootloader, which in the end runs the kernel. Although, there is a possibility to have the root file…
Recently, I started to dig into the topic of Linux kernel, especially from the embedded point of view. I got a chance to explore the operating system, its configuration and build process at Nokia, where I currently work. I decided to shift this exploration to a different kind of hardware.…