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Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project Cookbook

You're reading from   Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project Cookbook Practical recipes to help you leverage the power of Yocto to build exciting Linux-based systems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788399210
Length 456 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. The Build System FREE CHAPTER 2. The BSP Layer 3. The Software Layer 4. Application Development 5. Debugging, Tracing, and Profiling 6. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using the systemd initialization manager


As an alternative to sysvinit, you can configure your project to use systemd as an initialization manager. systemd not only performs system initialization, it also manages system processes, and packs many more features than sysvinit.

The systemd initialization manager is replacing sysvinit and other initialization managers in most Linux distributions. However, the adoption of systemd in major Linux distributions has not lacked controversy. Many see systemd as an overly complex system with a complicated architecture that goes against the Unix philosophy of simple, short, clear, and extensible modular software, easily maintained and repurposed.

systemd is also big in size compared with sysvinit, although it can be scaled down and customized for embedded projects. Some of its features are tightly integrated with kernel features and updating it may force a kernel update, which is not always feasible for embedded devices.

It does however feature parallel...

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