• Building Embedded Linux Systems | | | |
• Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition | | | |
• Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition | | | |
• Writing Linux Device Drivers: a guide with exercises (Volume 3) | | | |
• Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) | | | |

A better way?
Review written by: iamtron From
This is a great book. This was one of the text books I had for a course at UCI in their embedded linux course. It provides a great overview to building an embedded linux system. I myself am not a C programmer or really heavy into Linux so my own embedded linux experiences have taken a slightly different turn. I've found development in this area can be extremely demanding and not for the faint of heart. My self and a friend developed an Off Site Backup Appliance a while back using an off the shelf Linux Distribution and familiar x86 Hardware using the Intel Atom. We managed to get the OS setup on a small flashrom and rather than the normal C approach which most texts and engineers take we used Ruby on Rails which is a modern object oriented language which was much simpler to work with coming from a background where we develop desktop and web apps in .net it was an easier transition. I've thought about making it into a kit or book as an example for other folks to spring board from who have a great idea but, maybe not the inclination to completely dive into the embedded world. Send me a comment if anyone could use such an item.

Embedded Linux Primer: A Practical Real-World Approach
Review written by: Nir Shapira From Israel
This is a great book if you are interested to get a good review of how linux works.
It also gives brief but good review of embedded hardware and main processors on the market.
Explanations are going into details but structured very clearly.

I highly recommend this book.

Useful only to a Manager (not to engineers)
Review written by: A. Hughes From San Diego, California
This book does not lie when it says *primer*. It get's 5 stars in its ability to barely skim all the major aspects of embedded linux, and I mean SKIM. The only people who could possibly get any use out of this would be the project manager who needs to briefly get the 5000 foot view of an embedded linux system. Even then, the incomplete code examples only serve as frustration, and the generalizations take too much liberty.

NOTE1: This book will *not* help you get your embedded Linux system working. But if you're married to a person whose trying to do this, and you want to be able to some-what understand what they're working on, then this is the book for you.

NOTE2: It says PRIMER, and it means PRIMER.

It's a very good book.
Review written by: Jorge Esteban Malpartida From Collado Villalba, Spain
It's a very good book, and very easy to read. The author explains very good all concepts. I love this book. I recomended it.

Great
Review written by: Marzoli Fausto Luigi From
I am an embedded developer and a linux user/programmer/admin.
When I started joining the "embedded"+"linux" words (and worlds), I found out that I had a lot to learn from this book in both fields.
It's the best on the subject I've read up to now, really professional. The "Primer" in the title does not mean that it's for beginners: it's an advanced guide, and you need to have a background in both "Linux" and "Embedded".
I bought and read it some years ago, but sometimes I like to re-read some parts because I find it always useful and enjoyable.

Moreover, it's well written, fun and easy to read.
There are also a lot of useful references for further readings (I followed many of them!) and web documentations.