Newbie question: How do I customize the rootfs during build time?

Hi Brad,

The simplest way is to just copy the desired binary to the file system, but you lose the ability to track the packages with the package manager.

If you want to build a custom file system with Arago, please refer to this link: http://arago-project.org/wiki/index.php/Building_with_Arago

Best regards,
Miroslav

Thanks.  I have been reading the Arago page, but it's not clear how that relates to the pre-built contents of the TI-SDK.  It appears that will uses a different toolchain than the one in the SDK, so it suggests it might produce something different than the contents of the pre-built file system, or at least it's not clearly stated that it will be the same.  

Is there a place to download the exact recipes necessary to generate what the SDK gives me in the base file system so I can customize it from there since I know that is a good starting point?

Hi,

I haven't tried this, but judging by the description, it seems like this is how you build the TISDK kernel, bootloader and file system:

Build the Distribution

Using the following command will build the kernel, bootloader, and file system with all required packages for the tisdk base distribution.

bitbake arago-base-tisdk-image

Best regards,
Miroslav

I've followed the instructions on that page, but that command doesn't work - it reports "No Valid ToolChain in PATH".  However, as instructed on the page I installed the CodeSourcery toolchain and added it to my path, but I'm guessing there is some sort of mismatch to the tuple on the toolchain.

It appears I'm not the only person in this forum to run into the problem:

http://e2e.ti.com/support/arm/sitara_arm/f/791/t/200181.aspx

Hi,

Please check what the TOOLCHAIN_BRAND variable is set to in your <arago_root_folder>/conf/local.conf file.

Best regards,
Miroslav