You're reading from Mastering Embedded Linux Programming Create fast and reliable embedded solutions with Linux 5.4 and the Yocto Project 3.1 (Dunfell)

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789530384

Length 758 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Embedded Systems

Authors (2):

Frank Vasquez

Mr. Chris Simmonds

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Elements of Embedded Linux

2. Chapter 1: Starting Out FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Learning about Toolchains

4. Chapter 3: All about Bootloaders

5. Chapter 4: Configuring and Building the Kernel

6. Chapter 5: Building a Root Filesystem

7. Chapter 6: Selecting a Build System

8. Chapter 7: Developing with Yocto

9. Chapter 8: Yocto Under the Hood

10. Section 2: System Architecture and Design Decisions

11. Chapter 9: Creating a Storage Strategy

12. Chapter 10: Updating Software in the Field

13. Chapter 11: Interfacing with Device Drivers

14. Chapter 12: Prototyping with Breakout Boards

15. Chapter 13: Starting Up – The init Program

16. Chapter 14: Starting with BusyBox runit

17. Chapter 15: Managing Power

18. Section 3: Writing Embedded Applications

19. Chapter 16: Packaging Python

20. Chapter 17: Learning about Processes and Threads

21. Chapter 18: Managing Memory

22. Section 4: Debugging and Optimizing Performance

23. Chapter 19: Debugging with GDB

24. Chapter 20: Profiling and Tracing

25. Chapter 21: Real-Time Programming

26. Other Books You May Enjoy

Technical requirements

To follow along with the examples, make sure you have the following packages installed on your Linux-based host system:

Python: Python 3 interpreter and standard library
pip: Package installer for Python 3
venv: Python module for creating and managing lightweight virtual environments
Miniconda: Minimal installer for the conda package and virtual environment manager
Docker: Tool for building, deploying, and running software inside containers

I recommend using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later for this chapter. Even though Ubuntu 20.04 LTS runs on the Raspberry Pi 4, I still prefer to develop on an x86-64 desktop PC or laptop. I choose Ubuntu for my development environment because the distribution maintainers keep Docker up to date. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS also comes with Python 3 and pip already installed since Python is used extensively throughout the system. Do not uninstall python3 or you will render Ubuntu unusable. To install venv on Ubuntu...