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
 * linux kernel 3.10.17-yocto-standard-r2

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

External resources

 * homepage
 * wikipedia
 * github
 * Community wiki