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Building embedded Linux systems /

There's a great deal of excitement surrounding the use of Linux in embedded systems -- for everything from cell phones to car ABS systems and water-filtration plants -- but not a lot of practical information. Building Embedded Linux Systems offers an in-depth, hard-core guide to putting togethe...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Yaghmour, Karim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sebastopol [Calif.] : O'Reilly Media, ©2008.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Definitions
  • Real Life and Embedded Linux Systems
  • Design and Implementation Methodology
  • 2. Basic Concepts
  • Types of Hosts
  • Types of Host/Target Development Setups
  • Types of Host/Target Debug Setups
  • Generic Architecture of an Embedded Linux System
  • System Startup
  • Types of Boot Configurations
  • System Memory Layout
  • 3. Hardware Support
  • Processor Architectures
  • Buses and Interfaces
  • I/O
  • Storage
  • General-Purpose Networking
  • Industrial-Grade Networking
  • System Monitoring
  • 4. Development Tools
  • A Practical Project Workspace
  • GNU Cross-Platform Development Toolchain
  • C Library Alternatives
  • Java
  • Perl
  • Python
  • Other Programming Languages
  • Eclipse: An Integrated Development Environment
  • Terminal Emulators
  • 5. Kernel Considerations
  • Selecting a Kernel
  • Configuring the Kernel
  • Compiling the Kernel
  • Installing the Kernel
  • In the Field
  • 6. Root Filesystem Content
  • Basic Root Filesystem Structure
  • Libraries
  • Kernel Modules
  • Kernel Images
  • Device Files
  • Main System Applications
  • Custom Applications
  • System Initialization
  • 7. Storage Device Manipulation
  • MTD-Supported Devices
  • Disk Devices
  • To Swap or Not To Swap
  • 8. Root Filesystem Setup
  • Filesystem Types for Embedded Devices
  • Writing a Filesystem Image to Flash Using an NFS-Mounted Root Filesystem
  • Placing a Disk Filesystem on a RAM Disk
  • Rootfs and Initramfs
  • Choosing a Filesystem's Type and Layout
  • Handling Software Upgrades
  • 9. Setting Up the Bootloader
  • Embedded Bootloaders
  • Server Setup for Network Boot
  • Using the U-Boot Bootloader
  • 10. Setting Up Networking Services
  • Network Settings
  • Busybox
  • Dynamic Configuration Through DHCP
  • The Internet Super-Server
  • Remote Administration with SNMP
  • Network Login Through Telnet
  • Secure Communication with SSH
  • Serving Web Content Through HTTP
  • Provisioning
  • 11. Debugging Tools
  • Eclipse
  • Debugging Applications with gdb
  • Tracing
  • Performance Analysis
  • Memory Debugging
  • A Word on Hardware Tools
  • 12. Introduction to Real-Time Linux
  • What Is Real-Time Processing?
  • Should Your Linux Be Real-Time?
  • Common Real-Time Kernel Requirements
  • Some Typical Users of Real-Time Computing Technology
  • The Linux Paths to Real-Time
  • 13. The Xenomai Real-Time System
  • Porting Traditional RTOS Applications to Linux
  • The Xenomai Architecture
  • How Xenomai Works
  • The Real-Time Driver Model
  • Xenomai, Chameleon by Design
  • 14. The RT Patch
  • Interrupts As Threads
  • Priority Inheritance
  • Configuring the Kernel with the RT Patch
  • High-Resolution Timers
  • The Latency Tracer.