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Embedded Linux Development using Yocto Projects - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Nov 2017
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ISBN-13 9781788470469
Pages 162 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (2):
Otavio Salvador Otavio Salvador
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Daiane Angolini Daiane Angolini
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Meeting the Yocto Project Baking Our Poky-Based System Using Toaster to Bake an Image Grasping the BitBake Tool Detailing the Temporary Build Directory Assimilating Packaging Support Diving into BitBake Metadata Developing with the Yocto Project Debugging with the Yocto Project Exploring External Layers Creating Custom Layers Customizing Existing Recipes Achieving GPL Compliance Booting Our Custom Embedded Linux Index

Working with the Poky SDK


Usually, the standard Poky workflow includes creating package recipes and images, and deciding what will be installed on the final product image. However, a huge amount of time is spent developing, writing, testing, or adapting source code for our application.

When we write and test our application, we only care about the application itself, providing the libraries that the application requires before application development, although this can be an iterative process. However, we want a test environment that looks as similar as possible to the final one, mainly because of toolchain compatibility but also to avoid behavioral changes when we integrate the application into our product.

To help with this task, we can create a toolchain to be used externally with the Poky environment. Poky generates an SDK package that can be installed on any computer, regardless of whether Poky is installed on it. In addition, the installed toolchain is compatible with the internal one...

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