Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project: Leverage the power of the Yocto Project to build efficient Linux-based products, Edition 3

Otavio Salvador · Daiane Angolini

Apr 2023 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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196

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Elevate your Linux-powered system with Yocto Projects, enhancing its stability and resilience efficiently and economically — now upgraded to the latest Yocto Project version Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features

Optimize your Yocto Project tools to develop efficient Linux-based projects
Follow a practical approach to learning Linux development using Yocto Project
Employ the best practices for embedded Linux and Yocto Project development

Book DescriptionThe Yocto Project is the industry standard for developing dependable embedded Linux projects. It stands out from other frameworks by offering time-efficient development with enhanced reliability and robustness. With Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project, you’ll acquire an understanding of Yocto Project tools, helping you perform different Linux-based tasks. You’ll gain a deep understanding of Poky and BitBake, explore practical use cases for building a Linux subsystem project, employ Yocto Project tools available for embedded Linux, and uncover the secrets of SDK, recipe tool, and others. This new edition is aligned with the latest long-term support release of the aforementioned technologies and introduces two new chapters, covering optimal emulation in QEMU for faster product development and best practices. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to generate and run an image for real hardware boards. You’ll gain hands-on experience in building efficient Linux systems using the Yocto Project.What you will learn

Understand the basic Poky workflows concepts along with configuring and preparing the Poky build environment
Learn with the help of up-to-date examples in the latest version of Yocto Project
Configure a build server and customize images using Toaster
Generate images and fit packages into created images using BitBake
Support the development process by setting up and using Package feeds
Debug Yocto Project by configuring Poky
Build an image for the BeagleBone Black, RaspberryPi 4, and Wandboard, and boot it from an SD card

Who this book is for

If you are an embedded Linux developer and want to broaden your knowledge about the Yocto Project with examples of embedded development, then this book is for you. Professionals looking for new insights into working methodologies for Linux development will also find plenty of helpful information in this book.

About the author

Otavio Salvador loves technology and started his free software activities in 1999. In 2002, he founded O.S. Systems, a company focused on embedded system development services and consultancy worldwide, creating and maintaining customized BSPs, and helping companies with their product developments challenges. This resulted in his joining the OpenEmbedded community in 2008, when he became an active contributor to the OpenEmbedded project.

Daiane Angolini has been working with embedded Linux since 2008. She has been working as an application engineer at NXP, acting on internal development, porting custom applications from Android, and on-site customer support for i.MX architectures in areas such as the Linux kernel, u-boot, Android, Yocto Project, and user-space applications. However, it was on the Yocto Project that she found her place.

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