meta-agl.md

   1 ## Introduction
   2
   3 The `meta-agl` layer provides the minimal set of software
   4 to boot an AGL Distribution system.
   5 You use this layer as the minimal core on which to build AGL profiles.
   6
   7 **NOTE:** The `meta-agl` layer does not include a reference UI.
   8   The reference UI is included as part of the
   9   [`meta-agl-demo`](./meta-agl-demo.html) layer.
  10
  11 ## Sub-Layers
  12
  13 The `meta-agl` layer itself contains many sub-layers and files.
  14 Following is a "tree" look at the layer:
  15
  16 ```
  17 |-- LICENSE
  18 |-- LICENSE.GPL-2.0-only
  19 |-- LICENSE.MIT
  20 |-- README-AGL.md
  21 |-- README.md -> meta-agl.md
  22 |-- agl-layers-overview.md
  23 |-- docs
  24 |-- meta-agl-bsp
  25 |-- meta-agl-core
  26 |-- meta-agl-core-test
  27 |-- meta-agl-ic
  28 |-- meta-agl-ivi
  29 |-- meta-agl.md
  30 |-- meta-netboot
  31 |-- meta-pipewire
  32 |-- scripts
  33 `-- templates
  34 ```
  35
  36 This list provides some overview information on the files and sub-layers
  37 in `meta-agl`:
  38
  39 * LICENSE* : licenses of the various components.
  40 * README* : RTFM
  41 * agl-layers-overview.md: references to the various layers that make up AGL
  42 * `docs`: Contains files that support AGL documentation.
  43 * `meta-agl-bsp`: Contains adaptations for recipes and required packages
  44   to boot an AGL distribution on targeted hardware and emulation (i.e. QEMU).
  45 * `meta-agl-core`: This is the core layer with essential recipes and the distro.
  46 * `meta-agl-core-test`: recipes supporting qa images (separate layer due to external dependencies)
  47 * `meta-agl-ic`: Instrument Cluster platform
  48 * `meta-agl-ivi`: IVI platform
  49 * `meta-netboot`: Contains recipes and configuration adjustments to allow network
  50   boot through network block device (NBD) since network file system (NFS) does not
  51   support security labels.
  52 * `meta-pipewire`: Configuration and recipes supporting pipewire as audio manager
  53 * `scripts`: AGL development setup and support scripts.
  54 * `templates`: Base, feature, and machine templates used in the AGL development
  55   environment.
  56
  57 ## Packagegroups
  58
  59 This section describes the AGL
  60 [packagegroup](https://yoctoproject.org/docs/2.4.4/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#usingpoky-extend-customimage-customtasks)
  61 design:
  62
  63 ### core non-ui packagegroups:
  64 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-core-connectivity.bb
  65 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-core-devel.bb
  66 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-core-security.bb
  67 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-core-os-commonlibs.bb
  68
  69 ### graphical subsystem
  70 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-profile-graphical.bb
  71 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-graphical-multimedia.bb
  72 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-graphical-weston.bb
  73
  74 ### image-related packagegroups
  75 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-core-boot.bb
  76 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-image-boot.bb
  77 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-image-minimal.bb
  78
  79 ### QA/Test related packagegroups
  80 meta-agl-core-test/recipes-test/packagegroups
  81 meta-agl-core-test/recipes-test/packagegroups/packagegroup-agl-test.bb
  82
  83 ## Images
  84
  85 ### (Barely) bootable image
  86 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/images/agl-image-boot.bb
  87
  88 ### minimal image and SDK (console)
  89 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/images/agl-image-minimal.bb
  90 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/images/agl-image-minimal-crosssdk.bb
  91
  92 ### weston-based image for re-use
  93 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/images/agl-image-weston.bb
  94
  95 ### image for use in the YP autobuilder
  96 meta-agl-core/recipes-platform/images/agl-image-core-autobuilder.bb
  97
  98 ### image with extra QA tooling (e.g. to run LTP)
  99 meta-agl-core-test/images/agl-image-minimal-qa.bb