Acknowledgments

A lot of work goes into writing a book. Without the following people’s hard work, this book would not have been possible, so a great deal of credit must go to them for making Embedded Linux the book it is. However, any errors or omissions are your author’s responsibility—so email me, not them.

Erik Andersen set me straight on several technical issues, including turning my bogus description of real-time into something really worth reading. Thanks also to Ingo Cyliax and Mark Whitley for providing invaluable feedback, corrections, etc.

My thanks to all of the following:

Robin Drake for guiding me through the process, providing great insight into our little part of the publishing industry.

John Keefe for testing the step-by-step procedures.

Laurie Petrycki, formerly of New Riders, for giving me the chance to write this book.

Bill Shields for pointing out Rick Lehrbaum’s Doctor Dobbs Journal article, and for writing the hardware chapter.

Ann Quinn, my acquisitions editor, for encouraging, cajoling, and inspiring as appropriate.

I also want to thank my wife Dena and my children Andrew, Cameron, and Zachary for putting up with me for the past years while I used every nook and cranny of time to get this book out only a year late.

Finally, I want to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

“For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.” (Colossians 1:16)