<s>
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
is	O
a	O
build	B-Application
automation	I-Application
framework	O
and	O
cross-compile	B-Application
environment	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
devices	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
framework	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
community	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
formally	O
established	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
is	O
the	O
recommended	O
build	B-Application
system	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
workgroup	O
that	O
assists	O
commercial	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Linux-based	O
systems	O
for	O
embedded	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
build	B-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
BitBake	B-Application
"	O
recipes	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
specify	O
how	O
a	O
particular	O
package	O
is	O
built	O
but	O
also	O
include	O
lists	O
of	O
dependencies	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
locations	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
instructions	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
remove	O
a	O
compiled	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
tools	O
use	O
these	O
recipes	O
to	O
fetch	O
and	O
patch	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
compile	O
and	O
link	O
binaries	O
,	O
produce	O
binary	O
packages	O
(	O
ipk	B-Application
,	O
deb	O
,	O
rpm	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
bootable	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
,	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
's	O
collection	O
of	O
recipes	O
was	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
repository	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
metadata	O
was	O
structured	O
in	O
a	O
form	O
now	O
called	O
"	O
OpenEmbedded-Classic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lowest	O
layer	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
platform-independent	B-Operating_System
and	O
distribution-independent	O
meta	O
data	O
is	O
called	O
"	O
OpenEmbedded-Core	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
framework	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
and	O
automatically	O
updated	O
via	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
Project	O
(	O
OE	O
for	O
short	O
)	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Chris	O
Larson	O
,	O
Michael	O
Lauer	O
,	O
and	O
Holger	O
Schurig	O
,	O
merging	O
the	O
achievements	O
of	O
OpenZaurus	B-Language
with	O
contributions	O
from	O
projects	O
like	O
Familiar	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
OpenSIMpad	B-Application
into	O
a	O
common	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
superseded	O
these	O
projects	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
any	O
of	O
them	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenEmbedded-Core	O
Project	O
(	O
OE-Core	O
for	O
short	O
)	O
resulted	O
from	O
the	O
merge	O
of	O
the	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
with	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
package	O
recipes	O
are	O
since	O
then	O
maintained	O
through	O
OpenEmbedded-Core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenEmbedded-Core	O
has	O
adapted	O
this	O
layered	O
structure	O
in	O
the	O
merge	O
with	O
Yocto	O
and	O
new	O
layer	O
entries	O
were	O
added	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user-defined	O
layer	O
for	O
custom	O
Bitbake	B-Application
recipes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedded	B-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
software	O
developers	O
would	O
place	O
their	O
recipe	O
here	O
if	O
the	O
software	O
would	O
not	O
fit	O
the	O
commercial	O
or	O
base	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packages	O
,	O
plugins	O
,	O
and	O
configurations	O
from	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
vendors	I-License
go	O
in	O
this	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Layers	O
currently	O
present	O
within	O
the	O
meta-openembedded	O
layer	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
OpenEmbedded-Classic	O
,	O
the	O
configurations	O
from	O
Base	O
-	O
to	O
the	O
UI-Layer	O
can	O
be	O
supplemented	O
by	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
list	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BeagleBoard	B-Application
from	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
devices	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
ARM	O
CPU	O
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartphones	O
like	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Application
N800	I-Application
and	O
Neo	B-Application
FreeRunner	I-Application
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
constellation	O
of	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
,	O
especially	O
the	O
open	O
design	O
,	O
allows	O
it	O
to	O
get	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
to	O
adapt	O
new	O
hardware	O
fairly	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
