<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
collaborative	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
whose	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
produce	O
tools	O
and	O
processes	O
that	O
enable	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
for	O
embedded	B-Application
and	I-Application
IoT	I-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
are	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
architecture	O
of	O
the	O
embedded	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
in	O
2010	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
22	O
organizations	O
,	O
including	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
's	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
improving	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
process	O
for	O
embedded	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
provides	O
interoperable	O
tools	O
,	O
metadata	O
,	O
and	O
processes	O
that	O
enable	O
the	O
rapid	O
,	O
repeatable	O
development	O
of	O
Linux-based	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
in	O
which	O
every	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Arm	B-Architecture
Holdings	O
partnered	O
with	O
Intel	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
share	O
code	O
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
through	O
the	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
has	O
the	O
aim	O
and	O
objective	O
of	O
attempting	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
lives	O
of	O
developers	O
of	O
customized	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
systems	O
supporting	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
,	O
MIPS	B-Device
,	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
and	O
x86/x86	O
-64	O
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
build	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
specific	O
to	O
their	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
and	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
Project	O
share	O
maintainership	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
build	O
system	O
:	O
the	O
build	O
engine	O
,	O
BitBake	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
core	O
metadata	O
,	O
OpenEmbedded-Core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
reference	O
implementation	O
called	O
Poky	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
the	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
build	O
system	O
plus	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
recipes	O
,	O
arranged	O
in	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
system	O
of	O
layers	O
,	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
fully	O
functional	O
template	O
for	O
a	O
customized	O
embedded	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
other	O
sub-projects	O
under	O
the	O
project	O
umbrella	O
which	O
include	O
CROPS	O
,	O
pseudo	O
,	O
the	O
matchbox	B-Device
suite	O
of	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
encourages	O
interaction	O
with	O
upstream	O
projects	O
and	O
has	O
contributed	O
heavily	O
to	O
OpenEmbedded-Core	O
and	O
BitBake	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
numerous	O
upstream	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
images	O
are	O
typically	O
useful	O
in	O
systems	O
where	O
embedded	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
would	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
these	O
being	O
single-use	O
focused	O
systems	O
or	O
systems	O
without	O
the	O
usual	O
screens/input	O
devices	O
associated	O
with	O
desktop	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
building	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
ability	O
to	O
generate	O
a	O
toolchain	O
for	O
cross	B-Application
compilation	I-Application
and	O
a	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
tailored	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
select	O
which	O
package	O
manager	O
format	O
to	O
use	O
(	O
deb	O
,	O
rpm	B-Application
,	O
or	O
ipk	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
builds	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
options	O
for	O
various	O
build-time	O
sanity/regression	O
tests	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
boot	O
and	O
test	O
certain	O
images	O
under	O
QEMU	B-Application
to	O
validate	O
the	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
collaborative	O
projects	O
organized	O
as	O
a	O
non-profit	O
under	O
the	O
banner	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
technical	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
overseen	O
by	O
the	O
project	O
architect	O
Richard	O
Purdie	O
(	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
Fellow	O
)	O
who	O
has	O
a	O
long	O
history	O
of	O
involvement	O
with	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
components	O
and	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
architect	O
maintains	O
a	O
hierarchy	O
of	O
maintainers	O
for	O
the	O
different	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
much	O
as	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
is	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
administrative	O
arm	B-Architecture
consists	O
of	O
an	O
advisory	O
board	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
representatives	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
member	O
organizations	O
,	O
including	O
several	O
major	O
silicon	O
vendors	O
,	O
commercial	O
operating	O
system	O
vendors	O
that	O
use	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
as	O
their	O
upstream	O
,	O
corporate	O
users	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
representatives	O
from	O
groups	O
such	O
as	O
software	O
consultants	O
and	O
community	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
Branding	O
Program	O
provides	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
associate	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
with	O
a	O
company	O
or	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
Branding	O
Program	O
defines	O
steps	O
to	O
register	O
organizations	O
as	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
Participants	O
,	O
and	O
content	O
as	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
Compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
Participant	O
is	O
appropriate	O
for	O
organizations	O
who	O
use	O
and	O
support	O
the	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
publicly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
Compatible	O
is	O
appropriate	O
for	O
products	O
,	O
BSPs	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
OE-compatible	O
layers	O
,	O
and	O
related	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
open	O
to	O
Yocto	B-Application
Project	I-Application
member	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
