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Buildroot (BR) is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation: http://buildroot.uclibc.org/ | Buildroot (BR) is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation: http://buildroot.uclibc.org/ | ||
It allows | It allows experienced embedded hackers to generate a custom/minimal kodi distribution. | ||
Using Buildroot, kodi was successfully run on i.MX6 platforms (like Armadeus APF6Dev or Wandboard) and Raspberry Pi. | Using Buildroot, kodi was successfully run on i.MX6 platforms (like [http://www.armadeus.org Armadeus APF6Dev] or [http://www.wandboard.org Wandboard]]) and [[Raspberry Pi]]. | ||
==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
* Buildroot will generate you Linux kernel and rootfs images so you have to know how to update these on your embedded board. | * Buildroot will generate you Linux kernel and rootfs images so you have to know how to update these on your embedded board. | ||
* kodi version integrated in BR | * As of 02/2015 kodi version integrated in BR is: ''14.1-Helix'' | ||
===i.MX6 platforms=== | ===i.MX6 platforms=== | ||
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=== i.MX6 platforms === | === i.MX6 platforms === | ||
* don't forget to configure your Audio Output (up to 3 possible on i.MX6) | * don't forget to configure your Audio Output (up to 3 possible on i.MX6) | ||
* | * A team developer (IRC Nickname: ''fritsch'') advised to manually create ALSA config files for each output. Ex: [http://sprunge.us/XdZe] & [http://sprunge.us/HIZL]. Otherwise you are not able to select Audio Output other than first/default one. | ||
** one may ask why it's not already in mainline ALSA... | |||
== Known problems == | |||
* kodi doesn't handle tslib touchscreens correctly (/at all ?) | |||
** even if ts_calibrate was done, pointer is still not calibrated when kodi is launched... | |||
* kodi developpers seem to prefer use kodi internal ffmpeg instead of official one. BR uses official one by default. | |||
== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
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* http://buildroot.uclibc.org/downloads/manual/manual.html | * http://buildroot.uclibc.org/downloads/manual/manual.html | ||
[[Category:Linux]] | [[Category:Linux]] | ||
[[Category:Raspberry Pi]] | [[Category:Raspberry Pi]] | ||
[[Category:Embedded distro]] | [[Category:Embedded distro]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:13, 10 July 2020
Buildroot (BR) is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation: http://buildroot.uclibc.org/
It allows experienced embedded hackers to generate a custom/minimal kodi distribution.
Using Buildroot, kodi was successfully run on i.MX6 platforms (like Armadeus APF6Dev or Wandboard]) and Raspberry Pi.
Installation
- Buildroot will generate you Linux kernel and rootfs images so you have to know how to update these on your embedded board.
- As of 02/2015 kodi version integrated in BR is: 14.1-Helix
i.MX6 platforms
- Use BR 2015.05 (soon coming) version
- Options to activate:
- glibc toolchain
- Target packages ---> Hardware handling ---> -*- Freescale i.MX libraries ---> i.MX platform (imx6q) + imx-vpu + gpu-viv-bin-mx6q
- Target packages ---> Libraries ---> Multimedia ---> [*] libfslvpuwrap
- Target packages ---> Audio and video applications ---> [*] kodi ---> [*] alsa
RPi
- TBDL
Usage
- kodi is launched by default at boot
i.MX6 platforms
- don't forget to configure your Audio Output (up to 3 possible on i.MX6)
- A team developer (IRC Nickname: fritsch) advised to manually create ALSA config files for each output. Ex: [1] & [2]. Otherwise you are not able to select Audio Output other than first/default one.
- one may ask why it's not already in mainline ALSA...
Known problems
- kodi doesn't handle tslib touchscreens correctly (/at all ?)
- even if ts_calibrate was done, pointer is still not calibrated when kodi is launched...
- kodi developpers seem to prefer use kodi internal ffmpeg instead of official one. BR uses official one by default.