# Yocto Board Support Package

## Board Support Package

> In embedded systems, a board support package (BSP) is an implementation of specific support code (software) for a given (device motherboard) board that conforms to a given operating system. It is commonly built with a bootloader that contains the minimal device support to load the operating system and device drivers for all the devices on the board. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_support_package)

## Intel® Edison Board Firmware Software Release

> The Intel® Edison Board Support Package offers these features:
>
> * Kernel image based on Linux kernel 3.10.17
> * U-boot second stage bootloader
> * Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity
> * Intel cloud connectivity middleware
> * Many base Linux packages provided by the Yocto project

* [Search Downloads Intel® Edison](https://downloadcenter.intel.com/search?keyword=edison)
* [Intel® Edison Software and Documentation](https://communities.intel.com/community/makers/edison/documentation)
* [Intel® Edison Software Downloads](https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/edison/downloads)
* [Intel® Edison Software Release 2.1](https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24910/Intel-Edison-Software-Release-2-1)
* [Intel® Edison Software Release 3.0](https://downloadmirror.intel.com/25871/eng/iot-devkit-prof-dev-image-edison-20160315.zip)

## Intel® Edison Board Support Package Document

> This document is for software and system engineers who are building and customizing images, kernels, and native SDKs for the Intel® Edison Development Platform. Precompiled versions of the BSP are available on the Intel website. Users who don’t want to modify the default images don’t need to read this document.

* [Board Support Package (BSP) User Guide for Boards and Kits](http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/000005616.html)
* [Intel® Edison Board Support Package](http://download.intel.com/support/edison/sb/edisonbsp_ug_331188005.pdf)
* [Board Support Package (BSP) User Guide for Intel® Edison Development Platform](https://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-23159)

![Intel® Edison R2 Software Support](https://github.com/theiotlearninginitiative/embedded-linux/tree/b91654fb98f3c6a44b7e2594fc0a6451dacde974/documentation/documentation/ScreenshotIntelEdisonBSPComponents.png)