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Hands-On High Performance Programming with Qt 5
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Hands-On High Performance Programming with Qt 5

by Marek Krajewski
January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
11h 50m
English
Packt Publishing
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Linux start-up optimizations

The uncustomized embedded Linux kernel can be rather sluggish to start up, so it's better to optimize it. The usual Linux start-up optimizations are as follows:

  • Kernel customization—As there are many unneeded packages in a full Linux distribution, you certainly don't need them all. Use a tool such as Yocto to customize your Linux installation.
  • Kernel decompression—If you can't switch it off, at least try some alternative compression methods; it may be worth it.
  • Bootloader (uboot) customization—To optimize the boot phase and remove drivers.

We won't discuss them in more detail, as they are outside the scope of this book. If you are using the commercial Boot2Qt toolset, the Linux installation is already quite ...

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