Week 7

July 25 - July 31

• Had weekly meeting with Giulio Moro on Monday, 25 July, 4:00 pm CEST ( 7:30 pm IST ) and for minutes of meet check here
• Currently, bela-image-builder ships hvcc (heavy hvcc compiler) that has python2 dependencies of pip2, enum, jinja2 and Debian 11 (bullseye) has removed the “ python package and the /usr/bin/python symlink due to the deprecation of Python 2.. though it has minimal support for python 2.7 adjusted everything for python3-<package name> ( updated python3 version of hvcc and added dependency package tox in bela-bullseye conf ) and also removed enum package that no more it required.
• Looked at how bela-gadget is different with compared to bb-usb-gadget (what that does and what file it uses) and whether it can be ‘inject’ some of bela changes init.
• bb-usb-gadget, takes over anything to do with usb gadget loading.. and it has a systemd script which didn’t exist in prior then bullseye (https://github.com/rcn-ee/repos/blob/master/bb-usb-gadgets/suite/bullseye/debian/bb-usb-gadgets.bb-usb-gadgets.service)
• Started working on to create a bela-customizations debian package.
• Initialized a repo for bela-customizations and copied the /misc/rootfs of bela-image-builder repo ( https://github.com/BelaPlatform/bela-image-builder/tree/master/misc/rootfs ) into it and used this repo as source for debian packaging.
• Studied about systemd System and Service Manager and Lennart Poettering’s blog which has lots of information about systemd
• Debian packaged bela customizations.
• Used this dh_installsystemd to package the bela systemd files.
• While packaging systemd files learnt a lot about systemd and service manager spent some good time on this and systemd files are fun to deal with.. bela had a tone of them!!!! :)

Accomplishments

• update to python3 version of hvcc compiler [PR #205]
• Add debian package configuration of bela customizations [PR #61]

Blockers

• No Blockers

Upcoming Targets

• Debian package updated/packaged.
  • hvcc
  • prudebug

2 package/week (taking a comfortable room, if some package needs more work).

• Build a bela-bullseye Image with all the changes made in upstream repo (omap-image-builder) by Aug 5 and after build test the Image and debug if it needs.
• Make some more Bela specific changes in omap-image-builder scripts and also to make sure Bela Image Development follows the workflow of omap-image builder build process.
  • bela_gadget files
  • systemd configuration
  • Installing Bela, bela kernel, Building kernel module (rtdm_pruss_irq), Setting-up clang
  • boot/drivers (BELABOOT)