forgefirm/BUILD.md

Build

Instructions are for a Linux environment supported by Yocto.

To get the build OpenGlow/ForgeFIRM you need to have repo installed:

Install the repo utility:

mkdir ~/bin
curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin

Add the following to the end of ~/.bashrc to permanently add repo to your path:

export PATH=~/bin:$PATH

Download the BSP source:

mkdir forgefirm
cd forgefirm
repo init -u https://github.com/ScottW514/forgefirm.git -b master -m default.xml
repo sync

At the end of the commands you have all meta packages you need to build the basic firmware images.

Build the OpenGlow/ForgeFIRM image for factory control boards

First time environment setup:

(in forgefirm directory)
MACHINE=glowforge DISTRO=forgefirm . setup-environment build
bitbake forgefirm-image

Subsequent builds:

(in forgefirm directory)
. setup-environment build
bitbake forgefirm-image

Bootable Image:

The bootable image can be found in forgefirm/build/tmp/deploy/images/.

It can be written directly to an SDCARD:

(in forgefirm/build directory)
cd tmp/deploy/images/glowforge
sudo zcat forgefirm-image-glowforge.wic.gz | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1M