Sweeten Your Yocto Build Times with Icecream

Sweeten Your Yocto Build Times with Icecream

Learn how to accelerate Yocto build times using icecream, a distributed compiler, in this informative conference talk. Discover the current state of icecream support in Yocto, explore its advantages and disadvantages, and gain insights into typical configurations. Delve into performance testing results, understand the importance of a central scheduler, and learn practical tips for implementation. Explore topics such as blacklisting, network performance optimization, and remote preprocessing. Get valuable advice on keeping up-to-date with upstream changes, using dedicated schedulers, and avoiding virtual machines. Gain a comprehensive understanding of icecream's potential to significantly reduce build times for complex embedded systems.