OpenEmbedded/Yocto layer to build a customized Linux OS distributions for Chromebook devices

Setup information

Git repository

https://github.com/aehs29/meta-chromebook web repo

Last commit: 4 years ago (gatesgarth branch)

Maintainer

  • Alejandro Enedino Hernandez Samaniego (Full maintainer) email

Dependencies

The meta-chromebook layer depends upon:

Recommends

The meta-chromebook layer recommends:

Recipe name Version Description
chromebook-console-keymap 1.0
chromebook-image-minimal 1.0 A small image just capable of allowing the pixelbook to boot to console, with minimal network capabilities
chromebook-image-xfce 1.0 A small image just capable of allowing the pixelbook to boot to console, with minimal network capabilities
coreboot-utils 4.9+7f520c8fe6fc991df2c4e91f42843d4290744ebb coreboot tools
flashrom-chromium git (Chromium Fork) flashrom is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips
linux-chromium 4.19.152+gitX Linux kernel
linux-chromium 3.18+gitX Linux kernel
mrchromebox-fw-utils git MrChromeBox Scripts: Scripts for setup/install/firmware update for ChromeOS devices
networkmanager-openconnect 1.2.6 NetworkManager-openconnect-plugin
rootdev-chromium git (Chromium Fork) Discover & annotate the root device
seabios git SeaBIOS
vboot-utils-chromium git Reference implementation for Chrome OS verified boot in firmware.
xfwm4-config-rm 1.0
eve-chromebook 64 bit Intel Core i7 CPU (at this point supporting Kaby Lake / Skylake) with all their possible extensions.
mediatek8173-chromebook 64 mediatek 8173 arm processors, most arm chromebooks come with a cortex-a53 or cortex-a72 for example.
x86-chromebook 64 bit Intel Core i7 CPU (Generic at this point, based on meta-intel's TUNE)