Swupdate for Linux yocto in Apalis Imx8

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We are using the Apalis iMX8 along with the Ixora carrier board and Yocto Project dunfell to create this image.
Please note: we do not use TorizonCore, an open-source Linux-based software platform.

Our product operates on the Apalis iMX8 using the Yocto/OpenEmbedded distribution. We would like to incorporate a software update solution.

Could you please provide a link or supporting information to add SWUPDATE for the Apalis iMX8.

Regards,
Deepak

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Greetings @djewargi,

Please note: we do not use TorizonCore, an open-source Linux-based software platform.

If you don’t mind sharing I just wanted to ask. Is there a reason you don’t use TorizonCore? It comes with a software update solution, ready to use. If you have valid reasons to not use this then that is fine. But, it would be helpful feedback for us to know why you don’t want to or can’t use TorizonCore.

Best Regards,
Jeremias

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Hello Jeremias,

We’ve already begun a project using the Yocto Project dunfell and it has progressed to the next stage.

At this point, we don’t intend to transition to the Torizon container.

Could you please confirm if there is any support available for swupdate within the Yocto Project?

Regards,
Deepak J

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We’ve already begun a project using the Yocto Project dunfell and it has progressed to the next stage.
At this point, we don’t intend to transition to the Torizon container.

We do offer a variant of Torizon without containers: Torizon OS Reference Minimal Image Technical Overview | Toradex Developer Center

For dunfell here’s the recipe file: https://github.com/toradex/meta-toradex-torizon/blob/dunfell-5.x.y/recipes-images/images/torizon-core-lite.bb

There is no container components just the our platform/update components.

Could you please confirm if there is any support available for swupdate within the Yocto Project?

I don’t believe there is any specific Toradex-Swupdate intergration for Yocto. There is a meta-swupdate layer here: GitHub - sbabic/meta-swupdate: Yocto receipes to generate a swupdate rootfilesystem as initrd

I’m not sure how much work would be needed to integrate this with our hardware however.

Best Regards,
Jeremias