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The kit is not a complete Linux programming guide nor a Linux Reference Guide. Internet provides tons of information, tutorials and examples about writing applications and drivers for this operating system and how to work with it from the user's point of view (just try to type “Linux programming” in your favourite search engine for example). As the kit is heavily based on open-source community-maintained software projects, NELK does not provide exhaustive documentation for these software items but it points out where to find the information on the Internet or books. For example, for the U-Boot bootloader, the kit does not list all the commands it handles but provides the link to the on-line documentation and to the public mailing list used by its community.
For novice users who have no experience at all about embedded Linux systems, reading of [Embedded Linux|this book http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002220.do section] is strongly recommended. Practically speaking, that book covers all the issues involved in developing software for such systems (from tool chain organization to the most famous file systems running on top of MTD). It is not a reference guide, but it provides a complete and exhaustive overview that makes the developer to save a lot of time in searching such information over the Internet. If you need a briefer but still exhaustive overview of the Linux and Embedded Linux world, please have a look at the training section of Free Electrons web site: http://www.free-electrons.com.
=== Support service ===
Technical support is delivered through email exclusively. Only registered kit owners' can access the support service. The address is [mailto:support-naon@dave.eu support-naon@dave.eu]. Technical support and access to download area are lifetime for processor module buyers and one year for the other customers.
