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You're reading from Embedded Linux Development with Yocto Project Develop fascinating Linux-based projects using the groundbreaking Yocto Project tools

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783282333

Length 142 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Embedded Systems

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Meeting the Yocto Project FREE CHAPTER

2. Baking Our Poky-based System

3. Using Hob to Bake an Image

4. Grasping the BitBake Tool

5. Detailing the Temporary Build Directory

6. Assimilating Packaging Support

7. Diving into BitBake Metadata

8. Developing with the Yocto Project

9. Debugging with the Yocto Project

10. Exploring External Layers

11. Creating Custom Layers

12. Customizing Existing Recipes

13. Achieving GPL Compliance

14. Booting Our Custom Embedded Linux

A. References

Index

Summary

In this chapter, we learned in detail about the BitBake metadata syntax; its operators to append, prepend, and remove content from variables; variable expansions; and so on, including some usage examples for them.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to use Poky to create external compilation tools and produce a root filesystem suitable for cross development. In addition, the possible use of Eclipse integration will be explained.

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