Resin image for qemu

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Hi,

Is there any support/documentation for creating a qemux86 (or qemuarm) image with Yocto and meta-resin?

Thanks!

Alex

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Hi Alex,

I am sorry but we do not have a qemu build tested, so we do not have any specific support/doc for this machine. I am sure you should able to make it work though.
If you do not mind me asking do you have a goal beyond the qemu machines or is this a purely yocto question?

Best Regards,
Theodor

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Hi Theodor,

I do quite a lot of testing with Yocto qemu images as I can do that without needing board hardware setup, or having to consider any board hardware issues. I thought it might be useful for me to build up a test qemu image to look at before I move onto the real hardware. I may just go back to using an RPi in the interim instead though.

Thanks, Alex

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That would be actually something we want for testing too. If by any chance you manage to get it working do ping us. We have it in our road-map but not with a high priority.

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Will do. I’m currently focussed on imx6qsabresd support

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hey @ajlennon, we now have both 32-bit and 64-bit qemu on resin, you can now start a new application with those from the dashboard. They are still in beta, but been tested for a little while now.

Here’s also a blogpost on using Virtualbox as well (e.g. with an Intel NUC image), in case that might help.

And there are a number of i.MX6 boards on resin, which can be inspiration for your setup (Colibri iMX6dl, and VIA VAB-820 which is an i.MX6Quad). Just as a thought.

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Hi
I tried running the above steps but my dashboard does not show any devices connected. What could be the reasons for not having this connection? I even tried changing network types but I was in vain. Does it have anything to do with the virtualbox version?

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No, the virtualbox version should have nothing to do with this.
What device type is your application?