Preface

With regard to the Linux environment today, most of the topics explained in this book are already available and are covered in a fair bit of detail, This book also covers a large variety of information and help in creating many viewpoints. Of course, there are some very good books written on various subjects also presented in this book, and here, you will find references to them. The scope of this book, however, is not to present this information all over again, but instead to make a parallel between the traditional methods of interaction with the embedded development process and the methods used by the Yocto Project.

This book also presents the various challenges that you might encounter in embedded Linux and suggests solutions for them. Although this book is intended for developers who are pretty confident of their basic Yocto and Linux skills and are trying to improve them, I am confident that that those of you who have no real experience in this area, could also find some useful information here.

This book has been built around various big subjects, which you will encounter in your embedded Linux journey. Besides this, technical information and a number of exercises are also given to you to ensure that as much information as possible is passed on to you. At the end of this book, you should have a clear picture of the Linux ecosystem.