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Learning Embedded Linux using the Yocto Project

You're reading from   Learning Embedded Linux using the Yocto Project Develop powerful embedded Linux systems with the Yocto Project components

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784397395
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Cross-compiling 3. Bootloaders 4. Linux Kernel 5. The Linux Root Filesystem 6. Components of the Yocto Project 7. ADT Eclipse Plug-ins 8. Hob, Toaster, and Autobuilder 9. Wic and Other Tools 10. Real-time 11. Security 12. Virtualization 13. CGL and LSB Index

Linux virtualization

The first benefit everyone sees when looking at virtualization is the increase in server utilization and the decrease in energy costs. Using virtualization, the workloads available on a server are maximized, which is very different from scenarios where hardware uses only a fraction of the computing power. It can reduce the complexity of interaction with various environments and it also offers an easier-to-use management system. Today, working with a large number of virtual machines is not as complicated as interaction with a few of them because of the scalability most tools offer. Also, the time of deployment has really decreased. In a matter of minutes, you can deconfigure and deploy an operating system template or create a virtual environment for a virtual appliance deploy.

One other benefit virtualization brings is flexibility. When a workload is just too big for allocated resources, it can be easily duplicated or moved on another environment that suit its needs...

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