Yocto bsp kernel

Skill Higangssh/yocto-agent-skills/skills/yocto-bsp-kernel

Review and debug Yocto BSP, MACHINE configuration, kernel provider selection, kernel recipes, kernel config fragments, defconfig, devicetree, U-Boot, FIT images, deploy artifacts, and kernel module installation. Use for machine/BSP/kernel/devicetree/bootloader issues or when kernel artifacts are missing from deploy output.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add Higangssh/yocto-agent-skills --skill yocto-bsp-kernel

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SKILL.md

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Yocto BSP Kernel

Use this skill for machine, BSP, kernel, devicetree, and bootloader work. Verify the selected machine, enabled BSP layers, kernel provider, and deploy artifacts before changing recipes.

Evidence

Ask for or inspect:

MACHINE
conf/machine/*.conf
enabled BSP layers
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel
kernel recipe and bbappends
KERNEL_DEVICETREE
defconfig or config fragments
U-Boot variables
tmp/deploy/images/<machine>/

Useful commands:

bitbake-layers show-layers
bitbake-layers show-recipes virtual/kernel
bitbake-layers show-appends | rg 'linux|kernel|u-boot'
bitbake -e virtual/kernel | rg '^(MACHINE|PREFERRED_PROVIDER|KERNEL|UBOOT|SRC_URI|S)='
bitbake -c kernel_configme virtual/kernel
bitbake -c kernel_configcheck virtual/kernel
bitbake -c menuconfig virtual/kernel
bitbake -c diffconfig virtual/kernel
bitbake -c savedefconfig virtual/kernel

Review Rules

Machine config should express hardware policy; distro config should express product policy.
Select kernel through PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel in machine or distro policy.
Keep devicetree names aligned with kernel source and machine config.
Use kernel config fragments or defconfig intentionally; validate with kernel config tasks.
Verify deploy artifacts before debugging bootloader or flashing.
Check vendor BSP branch compatibility before modernizing syntax.

References

Read references/bsp-kernel.md.
Read references/classes-core.md for kernel and U-Boot classes.
Read references/migration.md for release compatibility risks.

Output

Answer with:

selected machine and kernel provider
BSP/layer compatibility risk
kernel/devicetree/bootloader metadata issue
command to validate config or deploy artifacts
minimal metadata change

What ships with it: 3 files

11.3 KB alongside SKILL.md

references/

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most project setup skills give

Counted across 1,553 of the 3,091 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06

Write the configuration filein 36 of 1553
Create the directory structurein 35 of 1553, across 33 files
Verify the setupin 31 of 1553, across 28 files
Run the setup scriptin 30 of 1553, across 29 files
Pre-determine the required sample sizein 29 of 1553, across 12 files
Check if the configuration already existsin 29 of 1553
Document every testin 26 of 1553, across 10 files
Start with a hypothesisin 26 of 1553, across 11 files
Ask one question at a timein 22 of 1553
Test a single variable per testin 21 of 1553, across 9 files
Read product marketing context before asking questionsin 19 of 1553, across 8 files
Do not peek and stop earlyin 18 of 1553, across 7 files

Said here and by no other author read

Verify the selected machine and layers
Check preferred kernel provider
Validate kernel config with tasks
Verify deploy artifacts before debugging

Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once.