Theres a great deal of excitement surrounding the use of linux in embedded systems for everything from cell phones to car abs systems and waterfiltration plants but not a lot of practical information. Building embedded linux systems offers an indepth, hardcore guide to putting together embedded systems based on linux. Updated for the latest version of the linux kernel, this new edition gives you the basics of building embedded linux systems, along with the configuration, setup and use of more than 40 different open source and free software packages in common use. The book also looks at the strengths and weaknesses of using linux in an embedded system, plus a discussion of licensing issues and an introduction to realtime, with a discussion of realtime options for linux. This indispensable book features arcane and previously undocumented procedures for . Building your own gnu development tool chain using an efficient embedded development framework selecting, configuring, building and installing a targetspecific kernel creating a complete target root file system setting up, manipulating and using solidstate storage devices installing and configuring a boot loader for the target crosscompiling a slew of utilities and packages debugging your embedded system using a plethora of tools and techniques using the uclibc, busy box, uboot, open ssh, thttpd, tftp, strace and gdb packages.By presenting how to build the operating system components from pristine sources and how to find more documentation or help, building embedded linux systems greatly simplifies the task of keeping complete control over your embedded operating system.