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-# Building the AGL Demo Platform for Raspberry Pi
+# Building for Raspberry PI 2 or 3
-## Raspberry Pi 3
+The
+[Raspberry PI](https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/what-%20is-a-raspberry-pi/) is a small
+computer that is ideal for learning computing and computer languages.
+The AGL Project supports building images for the
+[Raspberry PI 2](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/) and the
+[Raspberry PI 3](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-a-plus/) boards.
+Each of these boards comes in a variety of models.
+See the
+[Raspberry PI Product Page](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/) for more information.
-To build AGL demo platform for Raspberry Pi 3 use machine **raspberrypi3** and feature **agl-demo**:
+This section describes the steps you need to take to build the
+AGL demo image for both the Raspberry PI 2 and 3 boards.
+
+## 1. Making Sure Your Build Environment is Correct
+
+The
+"[Initializing Your Build Environment](../image-workflow-initialize-build-environment.html/Initializing-your-build-environment)"
+section presented generic information for setting up your build environment
+using the `aglsetup.sh` script.
+If you are building the AGL demo image for a Raspberry PI board, you need to specify some
+specific options when you run the script.
+
+Use the following commands to initialize your build environment.
+In each case, the "-m" option specifies the machine and the
+list of AGL features used with script are appropriate for development of
+the AGL demo image suited for either Raspberry PI 2 or 3:
+
+**Raspberry PI 2**:
```bash
-source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -m raspberrypi3 agl-demo agl-netboot agl-appfw-smack
-bitbake agl-demo-platform
+$ source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -m raspberrypi2 agl-demo agl-netboot agl-appfw-smack
```
-## Raspberry Pi 2
-
-To build AGL demo platform for Raspberry Pi 2 use machine **raspberrypi2** and feature **agl-demo**:
+**Raspberry PI 3**:
```bash
-source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -m raspberrypi2 agl-demo agl-netboot agl-appfw-smack
-bitbake agl-demo-platform
+$ source meta-agl/scripts/aglsetup.sh -m raspberrypi3 agl-demo agl-netboot agl-appfw-smack
```
-## 2. Booting the Image on Raspberry Pi
+## 2. Using BitBake
-Follow the steps below to copy the image to microSD card and to boot it on Raspberry Pi 2 or 3:
+This section shows the `bitbake` command used to build the AGL image.
+Before running BitBake to start your build, it is good to be reminded that AGL
+does provide a pre-built image for developers that want to use the Raspberry PI 3
+board.
+You can find this pre-built image on the
+[AGL Download web site](https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/release).
+
+For the supported image, the filename has the following form:
+
+```
+<release-name>/<release-number>/raspberrypi3/deploy/images/raspberrypi3/*
+```
-* Connect your sdcard in your linux machine.
-* Copy output image from build machine to linux machine that is connected your sdcard. (Often, those are same machines)
-* Output Image location in build machine for Raspberry Pi 2: *tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi2/agl-demo-platform-raspberrypi2.wic.xz*
-* Output Image location in build machine for Raspberry Pi 3: *tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi3/agl-demo-platform-raspberrypi3.wic.xz*
-* Unmount the microSD card and after that flash output image to it card with root user:
+Start the build using the `bitbake` command.
-*Note: the sdimage files can also be named rpi-sdimg-ota in case you have the **"agl-sota"** feature enabled*
+**NOTE:** An initial build can take many hours depending on your
+CPU and and Internet connection speeds.
+The build also takes approximately 100G-bytes of free disk space.
+
+For this example, the target is "agl-demo-platform":
```bash
-sudo umount [sdcard device]
-xzcat [output image] | sudo dd of=[sdcard device] bs=4M
-sync
+$ bitbake agl-demo-platform
+```
+
+By default, the build process puts the resulting image in the Build Directory.
+Here is example for the Raspberry PI 3 board:
+
```
+<build_directory>/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi3/agl-demo-platform-raspberrypi3.wic.xz
+```
+
+If you build for the Raspberry PI 2 board, the location uses "raspberrypi2" in the path.
+
+## 2. Deploying the AGL Demo Image
+
+Deploying the AGL demo image consists of copying the image on a MicroSD card,
+plugging the card into the Raspberry PI board, and then booting the board.
+
+Follow these steps to copy the image to a MicroSD card and boot
+the image on the Raspberry PI 2 or 3 board:
+
+1. Plug your MicroSD card into your Build Host (i.e. the system that has your build output).
+
+2. Be sure you know the MicroSD device name.
+
+ Use the `dmesg` command as follows to discover the device name:
+
+ ```bash
+ $ dmesg | tail -4
+ [ 1971.462160] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
+ [ 1971.462277] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
+ [ 1971.462278] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
+ [ 1971.463870] sdc: sdc1 sdc2
+ ```
+
+ In the previous example, the MicroSD card is attached to the device `/dev/sdc`.
+
+ You can also use the `lsblk` command to show all your devices.
+ Here is an example that shows the MicroSD card as `/dev/sdc`:
+
+ ```bash
+ $ lsblk
+ NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
+ sda 8:0 0 167,7G 0 disk
+ ├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
+ ├─sda2 8:2 0 159,3G 0 part /
+ └─sda3 8:3 0 7,9G 0 part [SWAP]
+ sdb 8:16 0 931,5G 0 disk
+ └─sdb1 8:17 0 931,5G 0 part /media/storage
+ sdc 8:32 1 14,9G 0 disk
+ ├─sdc1 8:33 1 40M 0 part
+ └─sdc2 8:34 1 788M 0 part
+ ```
+
+ **IMPORTANT NOTE:** Before re-writing any device on your Build Host, you need to
+ be sure you are actually writing to the removable MicroSD card and not some other
+ device.
+ Each computer is different and removable devices can change from time to time.
+ Consequently, you should repeat the previous operation with the MicroSD card to
+ confirm the device name every time you write to the card.
+
+ To summarize this example so far, we have the following:
+
+ * The first SATA drive is `/dev/sda`.
+
+ * `/dev/sdc` corresponds to the MicroSD card, and is also marked as a removable device.
+ You can see this in the output of the `lsblk` command where "1" appears in the "RM" column
+ for that device.
+
+3. Now that you know the device name, unmount the device and use the
+ `xzcat` command to copy the image to the MicroSD card.
+
+ **NOTE:** For Raspberry PI 2, the image is at `build/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi2/agl-demo-platform-raspberrypi2.wic.xz`.
+ For Raspberry PI 3, the image is at `build/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi3/agl-demo-platform-raspberrypi3.wic.xz`.
+
+ Be sure you are root, provide the actual device name for *sdcard_device_name*, and the actual
+ image name for *image_name*:
+
+ ```bash
+ $ sudo umount <sdcard_device_name>
+ $ xzcat <image_name> | sudo dd of=<sdcard_device_name> bs=4M
+ $ sync
+ ```
-* Plug your microSD card into Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 and boot the board
+4. Plug your MicroSD card into the Raspberry PI board and boot the device.