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Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project - Third Edition

By : Otavio Salvador, Daiane Angolini
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Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project - Third Edition

By: Otavio Salvador, Daiane Angolini

Overview of this book

The 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.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

What is Toaster?

Toaster is a web interface to configure and run builds. It communicates with the BitBake and Poky build system to manage and gather information about the builds, packages, and images.

There are two ways to use Toaster:

  • Locally: We can run Toaster as a local instance, suitable for single-user development, providing a graphical interface to the BitBake command lines and some build information.
  • Hosted: This is suitable for multiple users. The Toaster servers build and store the users’ artifacts. Its components can be spread across several machines when using a hosted instance.

In this chapter, we will use Toaster as a local instance. However, if you want to use it as a hosted instance, please visit the following website for instructions – Toaster Manual (https://docs.yoctoproject.org/4.0.4/toaster-manual/index.html).

Note

Bear in mind that every hosted service requires attention to its security. Think about this before using a...