Embedded Handbook/Boards/Intel Edison



= Gentoo for Edison =

Intel Edison
is a tiny computer-on-module offered by Intel as a development system for wearable devices and Internet of Things devices.

License
U-boot:

GPL-2+

https://github.com/01org/edison-u-boot

Pre-made Image
Gentoo-edison-170104.tar.gz md5sum: 3f956280ba52de26fe95705e884e83c4

Image password
User: root password: edison

Features list

 * working wifi
 * Portage
 * squashfs Gentoo repository

specification

Performance

Image Install
Download the Gentoo image on your local pc.

connect and flash the Intel edison. This will delete all your previous data.

Configure Wifi
symlink wlan0

create /etc/conf.d/net file

Cross compile preparation
Setup:

Copy package to Intel Edison:

Install in Intel Edison:

Squashfs Gentoo repository
mount squashfs or use sd-card

Kernel multi-boot
increase the Edison boot partition

let's add a new kernel in the /mnt/boot folder for example vmlinuz_01 and vmlinuz_02

multi boot with u-boot for start vmlinuz_01

Performance
Intel Edison Board Software Package v2.2

Gentoo for Edison 170104

Install from source
Repository

Support
For support contact: Alicef

External resources

 * homepage
 * wikipedia
 * github
 * Community wiki