Develop powerful embedded Linux systems with the Yocto Project components About This Book A hands-on guide to enhance your ability to develop captivating embedded Linux projects Learn about the compelling features offered by the Yocto Project, such as customization, virtualization, and many more Illustrates concepts such device-emulation and cross-compiling in a pragmatic and lucid way Who This Book Is For If you are a Yocto and Linux enthusiast who wants to build embedded Linux systems but do not have the knowledge to do it, this is the book for you. It will also help those of you who have a bit of knowledge about Linux and the embedded world and are keen on learning more about the technology. This book will provide you with the skills needed to successfully interact with the Yocto Project components regardless of the fact that you are new to embedded development or an expert. What You Will Learn Interact with and customize the bootloader for a board Use the Yocto Project in the embedded Linux development process Familiarize yourself with and customize the bootloader for a board Explore and work with toolchain components such as binutils, gcc, glibc (C libraries), and kernel headers Interact with a root filesystem for your project and also with meta layers Discover more about real-time layer, security, virtualization, CGL, and LSB Identify the Yocto Project components such as Eclipse ADT plug-ins, and Toaster In Detail This book offers readers an idea of what embedded Linux software and hardware architecture looks like, cross-compiling, and also presents information about the bootloader and how it can be built for a specific board. This book will go through Linux kernel features and source code, present information on how to build a kernel source, modules, and the Linux root filesystem. You'll be given an overview of the available Yocto Project components, how to set up Yocto Project Eclipse IDE, and how to use tools such as Wic and Swabber that are still under development. It will present the meta-realtime layer and the newly created meta-cgl layer, its purpose, and how it can add value to poky. Develop powerful embedded Linux systems with the Yocto Project components A hands-on guide to enhance your ability to develop captivating embedded Linux projects Learn about the compelling features offered by the Yocto Project, such as customization, virtualization, and many more Illustrates concepts such device-emulation and cross-compiling in a pragmatic and lucid way In Detail This book offers readers an idea of what embedded Linux software and hardware architecture looks like, cross-compiling, and also presents information about the bootloader and how it can be built for a specific board. This book will go through Linux kernel features and source code, present information on how to build a kernel source, modules, and the Linux root filesystem. You'll be given an overview of the available Yocto Project components, how to set up Yocto Project Eclipse IDE, and how to use tools such as Wic and Swabber that are still under development. It will present the meta-realtime layer and the newly created meta-cgl layer, its purpose, and how it can add value to poky. What You Will Learn Interact with and customize the bootloader for a board Use the Yocto Project in the embedded Linux development process Familiarize yourself with and customize the bootloader for a board Explore and work with toolchain components such as binutils, gcc, glibc (C libraries), and kernel headers Interact with a root filesystem for your project and also with meta layers Discover more about real-time layer, security, virtualization, CGL, and LSB Identify the Yocto Project components such as Eclipse ADT plug-ins, and Toaster Downloading the example code for this book You can download the example code files for all Packt books you have purchased from your account at http://www.PacktPub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit http://www.PacktPub.com/support and register to have the files e-mailed directly to you Key FeaturesBook DescriptionWhat you will learnInteract with and customize the bootloader for a boardUse the Yocto Project in the embedded Linux development processFamiliarize yourself with and customize the bootloader for a boardExplore and work with toolchain components such as binutils, gcc, glibc (C libraries), and kernel headersInteract with a root filesystem for your project and also with meta layersDiscover more about realtime layer, security, virtualization, CGL, and LSBIdentify the Yocto Project components such as Eclipse ADT plugins, and ToasterWho this book is forIf you are a Yocto and Linux enthusiast who wants to build embedded Linux systems but do not have the knowledge to do it, this is the book for you. It will also help those of you who have a bit of knowledge about Linux and the embedded world and are keen on learning more about the technology. This book will provide you with the skills needed to successfully interact with the Yocto Project components regardless of the fact that you are new to embedded development or an expert.
About This Book
- Get your projects up and running quickly and effortlessly by simulating complicated environments that can be easily shared with colleagues
- Provision virtual machines using Puppet, Ansible, and Chef
- A practical, hands-on guide that helps you learn how to create powerful and flexible virtual development environments
Who This Book Is For
If you are a developer who wants to have your development environment accurately reflect your live servers to tackle the ever-increasing complexity of web and software projects, this book is most certainly intended for you!
It's assumed that you know the basics of Linux systems in the context of web-based projects.
If you are a Java developer, an experienced Java Swing, Flash/Flex, SWT, or web developer looking to take your client-side applications to the next level, this book is for you.
