Headless Yocto Build for the imx8 mini

[amarch01]

I have a target application for an imx8 mini CPU, which will not be using its graphics support. It seems the yocto build still wants to compile all graphics support for this and I was curious if perhaps there is a MACHINE/DISTRO bitbake target that will not include any graphics support.

Currently, the following works:

MACHINE='imx8mm-<development board name'

DISTRO= 'fsl-imx-xwayland'

bitbake target imx-image-core

This compile takes forever and seems to involve a lot of pieces I don't want.  

Maybe I am just being naive and not looking at this correctly. Perhaps there needs to be a minimum of graphics support to keep the chip functional. I just hope I am not including qt6 and chromium when I really don't need them. 
A.M.

[Chavira]

Hi @amarch01!
Thank you for contacting NXP Support!

You can try with the core-image-minimal.

I recommend to check our Yocto Users Guide .

Best Regards!

Chavira

[amarch01]

Thanks, that is a fair response to that type of question. 
It would be nice (for me at least) if the builds were listed as simple list of means and ends, but I realize the need for the documents to support a lot of processor combinations.

I have a follow up question, does the selection of DISTRO= 'fsl-imx-xwayland' affect the output from that bitbake core-image-minimal?

A. M.

[Chavira]

HI @amarch01!

No, you should not have problems compiling the minimal image with that distro selection.

Best Regards!

Chavira