Angolini Daiane - Embedded Linux development with Yocto project: develop fascinating Linux-based projects using the groundbreaking Yocto project tools

Otavio Salvador loves to play video games and started his free software activities in 1999. In 2002, he founded O.S. Systems, a company focused on embedded system development services and consultancy worldwide, creating and maintaining customized BSPs and helping companies with their release management challenges. This resulted in him joining the OpenEmbedded community in 2008, when he became an active contributor to the OpenEmbedded project, culminating in his attribution as the maintainer of the Freescale ARM BSP layer in the Yocto Project in 2011.

Daiane Angolini has been focusing on embedded technologies for the past 8 years. Since 2008, she has been working on Freescale Semiconductors as an application engineer, on internal development and porting custom applications from Android to Freescale architectures, and on customer support for ARM processors of the i.MX family, while also participating in Freescale forums. She has been working with the Yocto Project tools through meta-fsl-arm, the BSP meta layer that provides board support for Freescale ARM machines, since 2012. The desire to become an expert in ice cream making has been keeping her busy in her spare time for the past year.

We initially want to thank our families. They provided lovely support and helped us to get on track for this project.

This project has only been possible because we had support from many people who provided insights, reviews, material, and guidance during the full period of conception and production of this book. We'd like to give special thanks to (in alphabetic order): Alex Gonzlez, Alexandru Vaduva, Harsha Bharwani, Jeffrey Osier-Mixon, John Weber, Manan Badani, Paul Eggleton, Rogerio Nunes, Radek Dostl, Sageer Parkar, and Sankalp Pawar

- Otavio Salvador and Daiane Angolini

Radek Dostl is a fan of Linux and has been using it for the last 15 years. During his exchange studies in the US, he acquired a passion for embedded systems, and combining Linux with embedded systems has been his bread and butter ever since. The Yocto Project has had a great impact on Radek's work; he managed to persuade his team and managers to switch to Yocto Project for an important project, thus building a solid foundation for several successful follow-up projects. Radek likes to contribute to open source projects as part of his work as well as during his free time. However, if the weather is good during the weekend, you are most likely to find him in the mountains.

Alex Gonzlez is Principal Software Engineer at Digi International and one of the maintainers of Digi Embedded Yocto distribution.

He started working professionally with embedded systems in 1999 and the Linux kernel in 2004, designing products for next-generation IP networks in the UK start-up scene, and he followed his interests into M2M and the Internet of Things.

Born and raised in Spain, he has his second home in the UK, where he lived for over 10 years and received his MSc degree in Communication Systems from the University of Portsmouth. Alex currently lives in La Rioja, Spain, where he is known to enjoy photography and a good Riojan wine.

Rogerio Nunes has over 11 years of experience in embedded systems. He received his MS (2009) and BS (2004) in Electrical Engineering from the University of So Paulo in Brazil, where he also worked for 8 years in research and development. In 2011, Rogerio started his career at Freescale in So Paulo as a Field Applications Engineer (FAE), supporting high-end multimedia SoCs. Later in 2012, Rogerio moved to Boston in the same role as FAE for the same company. Rogerio's fields of expertise include digital TV, multimedia, video coding, and software development. In these areas, Rogerio has developed systems with different technologies (from VHDL to high-level software), and he has also led development teams.

Jeffrey Osier-Mixon is a Yocto Project community manager. He has been working directly with Linux since the late 1990s and with embedded systems and open source software for over 20 years, most often as a technical writer and editor, freelance writer and journalist, and community manager. He has been a regular speaker at open source conferences worldwide since 2008. He is employed by Intel Corporation to help the Yocto Project succeed.

I would like to thank Otavio and Daiane for writing this book and giving me the opportunity to review it. I am sure it will be a valuable asset to the Yocto Project community.

Alexandru Vaduva is an embedded Linux software engineer, focused on open source and free software. He has an inquisitive mind and also believes that actions can speak more about someone than their own words. He is a strong supporter of the idea that there is no need to reinvent the wheel, but there is always room for improvement.

His knowledge background includes C, Yocto, Linux, Bash, and Python, but he is also open to trying new things and testing new technologies.

Big thanks to all the people who believed in me, and the open source communities that helped me evolve and kept me motivated.