Yocto Project Dev Day at OSS/ELC-E 2024

AUTOREV, to use or not to use
2024-09-19 , Styhead

Arguments for and against using AUTOREV in Yocto-based projects


The build should be reproducible - that's the most common requirement of any embedded product nowadays. Does it mean we should never use AUTOREV? Or there are still some cases where it might come in handy? Let's take a closer look at AUTOREV and a few tricks we might need in the development workflow if we really need it.

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Vyacheslav Yurkov is an independent contractor that worked in many companies from different industries throughout his career. He provides support to other companies on Yocto Project, board bring-up, bootloaders, Linux Kernel, and system architecture. His main programming languages are C and C++.