Book review: Craig Hollabaugh’s “Embedded Linux”
Jun 1, 2002 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views
Epplin writes . . .
“A system developer planning to use Linux for an embedded design is faced with a number of decisions, not the least of which is whether to use a packaged commercial Embedded Linux distribution or to devise a homebrew solution from the available free tools and components. The custom approach has much appeal because of its low cost and radical flexibility, allowing one to choose any approach or tool rather than those chosen by the toolkit vendor. But with this flexibility and low cost comes the chaotic documentation typical of Linux. Thus, books like Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing, by Craig Hollabaugh, fill a significant void.”
“As its subtitle suggests, Embedded Linux covers an ambitious amount of ground . . .”
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