This page highlights Xilinx support for Yocto. Support for Xilinx architectures (Zynq, ZynqMP and MicroBlaze) are available in Yocto/OE provided by either the OpenEmbedded Core or for additional and more complete support the meta-xilinx layer. The meta-xilinx layer also provides a number of BSPs for common boards which use Xilinx devices.

General Information

Official Yocto release activity and version information can be found at https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases

The following table correlates Yocto releases to the corresponding Xilinx releases.

The Layer Index provides the full list of supported meta-layers for the specific release version. Please reference the layers of interest for information on the default included versions of recipes.

Xilinx Release Branch	Yocto Codename	Yocto Release	Linux Kernel	Layer Index	Notes
rel-v2021.1	Gatesgarth	3.2	5.10	http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/gatesgarth/layers/	Coming in 2021.1
rel-v2020.1 rel-v2020.2	Zeus	3.0	5.4	http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/zeus/layers/
rel-v2019.2 rel-v2019.1	Thud	2.6	4.19	http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/thud/layers/
rel-v2018.3 rel-v2018.2 rel-v2018.1	Rocko	2.4	4.14	http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/rocko/layers/
rel-v2017.4 rel-v2017.3 rel-v2017.2 rel-v2017.1	Morty	2.2	4.9	http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/morty/layers/
rel-v2016.4 rel-v2016.3	Krogoth	2.1	4.6	http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/krogoth/layers/
rel-v2016.2 rel-v2016.1	Jethro	2.0	4.4	http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/jethro/layers/	Support Yocto/OE 2.0 and GCCv5.2

Note: Jethro is the first Yocto release supported by Xilinx

Xilinx Meta Layers

This section provides information related to the Xilinx provided meta layers.

The meta-xilinx, meta-xilinx-tool, and meta-petalinux layers are part of the meta-xilinx community. A mailing list exists where discussions, patches, comments, and questions can be posted. To subscribe to the meta-xilinx mailing list, go to https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/meta-xilinx.

meta-xilinx

The meta-xilinx layer provides additional support for Yocto/OE, adding recipes for various components, refer to the README for additional details.

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-xilinx/

The meta-xilinx layer can be viewed via http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-xilinx/. And can be cloned via either:

meta-xilinx-tools

meta-xilinx-tools is a layer to support all baremetal components from Xilinx. This layer depends on XSCT being installed in the path.

The meta-petalinux layer can be viewed via http://github.com/Xilinx/meta-xilinx-tools

Please follow the guidelines as indicated in the README

meta-petalinux

This is a distro layer to provide all the supported packages to be consumed by PetaLinux Tools. There is support for Xilinx SDK toolchain as well.

The meta-petalinux layer can be viewed via http://github.com/Xilinx/meta-petalinux

Please follow the guidelines as indicated in the README

meta-openamp

This layer provides support for building libmetal and OpenAMP libraries.
https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-openamp

Other Meta Layers on the Xilinx Github

meta-linaro

This repository contains Linaro layers for OpenEmbedded.

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-linaro

meta-virtualization

This layer provides support for building Xen, KVM, Libvirt, and associated packages necessary for constructing OE-based virtualized solutions.

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-virtualization

meta-jupyter

This layer collects recipes required to build and run jupyter notebook on yocto

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-jupyter

meta-openembedded

Collection of layers for the OE-core universe

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-openembedded

meta-mingw

OpenEmbedded meta layer for mingw based SDKs

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-mingw

meta-browser

This layer provides web browser recipes for use with OpenEmbedded and/or Yocto.

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-browser

meta-qt5

This layer provides Qt5 support for for OpenEmbedded/Yocto.

https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-qt5

Release notes

Getting Started with Yocto

The meta-xilinx layer can be used with a variety of Yocto setups and configurations. There are a number of resources available for which cover getting started with Yocto and OE, below is a collection of useful resources.

Yocto Project Quick Start Guide
Yocto Project Reference Manual - Introduction
- This guide also contains a glossary of various variables, names, etc.
BitBake User Manual
Yocto Project Development Manual
More Documentation is available at https://www.yoctoproject.org/documentation/current

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