Tag: training

  • Yocto: variable overrides tricks

    Yocto: variable overrides tricks

    I discovered a intriguing phenomenon while preparing my How to test the latest mainline Linux kernel or bootloader presentation at OpenEmbedded Workshop 2025. It turned out there was something incomplete in my understanding of BitBake variable overrides. Let’s take the example of a meta-mainline recipe from my Kernel Recipes: SRC_URI = “git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git;branch=linux-6.13.y;protocol=https” Then, depending on…

  • Video replay: Yocto Project devtool hands-on

    Video replay: Yocto Project devtool hands-on

    I’ve just produced a 4K video replay of my Devtool Hands-on Class at Yocto Project Summit 2024.12. Here are the main reasons for shooting such a video: All this should make this tutorial easier to follow. Tutorial details Hands-on class that demonstrates the features of devtool devtool is a powerful set of features that can…

  • First public training sessions

    First public training sessions

    The first sessions announced in 2024 are coming. We are opening in-person and online sessions open to individual registration, for our Embedded Linux and Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded training courses: Yocto Project and OpenEmbeddedIn-person – Feb. 25-28 2025, Avignon, FranceOnline – Mar 18-20, 25-27, 2025 Embedded LinuxOnline, Apr. 14-17, 22-25, 2025In-person, May 5-9, 2025, Avignon,…

  • Make it Stick book review

    Make it Stick book review

    I’ve finished reading a very insightful book about learning and teaching: Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Marc A. McDaniel at Harvard University Press. I am very grateful to Michael Estner for recommending this book to me. I feel it is now my turn to promote it.

  • Writing a new story

    Writing a new story

    LinkedIn posts quickly fade out from view and may not last forever. Here is a copy of my most successful post in 2024. Last Friday was my last day at Bootlin, the company which I created 20 years ago. Bootlin is in good hands now, and has become a great contributor to many Open Source…