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Embedded Linux Primer: A Practical, Real-World Approach
By Christopher Hallinan
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Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub Date: September 18, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-13-167984-8
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-13-167984-9
Pages: 576

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series
		Foreword
		Preface
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
		Chapter 1.  Introduction
			Section 1.1.  Why Linux?
			Section 1.2.  Embedded Linux Today
			Section 1.3.  Open Source and the GPL
			Section 1.4.  Standards and Relevant Bodies
			Section 1.5.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 2.  Your First Embedded Experience
			Section 2.1.  Embedded or Not?
			Section 2.2.  Anatomy of an Embedded System
			Section 2.3.  Storage Considerations
			Section 2.4.  Embedded Linux Distributions
			Section 2.5.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 3.  Processor Basics
			Section 3.1.  Stand-alone Processors
			Section 3.2.  Integrated Processors: Systems on Chip
			Section 3.3.  Hardware Platforms
			Section 3.4.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 4.  The Linux KernelA Different Perspective
			Section 4.1.  Background
			Section 4.2.  Linux Kernel Construction
			Section 4.3.  Kernel Build System
			Section 4.4.  Obtaining a Linux Kernel
			Section 4.5.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 5.  Kernel Initialization
			Section 5.1.  Composite Kernel Image: Piggy and Friends
			Section 5.2.  Initialization Flow of Control
			Section 5.3.  Kernel Command Line Processing
			Section 5.4.  Subsystem Initialization
			Section 5.5.  The init Thread
			Section 5.6.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 6.  System Initialization
			Section 6.1.  Root File System
			Section 6.2.  Kernel's Last Boot Steps
			Section 6.3.  The Init Process
			Section 6.4.  Initial RAM Disk
			Section 6.5.  Using initramfs
			Section 6.6.  Shutdown
			Section 6.7.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 7.  Bootloaders
			Section 7.1.  Role of a Bootloader
			Section 7.2.  Bootloader Challenges
			Section 7.3.  A Universal Bootloader: Das U-Boot
			Section 7.4.  Porting U-Boot
			Section 7.5.  Other Bootloaders
			Section 7.6.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 8.  Device Driver Basics
			Section 8.1.  Device Driver Concepts
			Section 8.2.  Module Utilities
			Section 8.3.  Driver Methods
			Section 8.4.  Bringing It All Together
			Section 8.5.  Device Drivers and the GPL
			Section 8.6.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 9.  File Systems
			Section 9.1.  Linux File System Concepts
			Section 9.2.  ext2
			Section 9.3.  ext3
			Section 9.4.  ReiserFS
			Section 9.5.  JFFS2
			Section 9.6.  cramfs
			Section 9.7.  Network File System
			Section 9.8.  Pseudo File Systems
			Section 9.9.  Other File Systems
			Section 9.10.  Building a Simple File System
			Section 9.11.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 10.  MTD Subsystem
			Section 10.1.  Enabling MTD Services
			Section 10.2.  MTD Basics
			Section 10.3.  MTD Partitions
			Section 10.4.  MTD Utilities
			Section 10.5.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 11.  BusyBox
			Section 11.1.  Introduction to BusyBox
			Section 11.2.  BusyBox Configuration
			Section 11.3.  BusyBox Operation
			Section 11.4.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 12.  Embedded Development Environment
			Section 12.1.  Cross-Development Environment
			Section 12.2.  Host System Requirements
			Section 12.3.  Hosting Target Boards
			Section 12.4.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 13.  Development Tools
			Section 13.1.  GNU Debugger (GDB)
			Section 13.2.  Data Display Debugger
			Section 13.3.  cbrowser/cscope
			Section 13.4.  Tracing and Profiling Tools
			Section 13.5.  Binary Utilities
			Section 13.6.  Miscellaneous Binary Utilities
			Section 13.7.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 14.  Kernel Debugging Techniques
			Section 14.1.  Challenges to Kernel Debugging
			Section 14.2.  Using KGDB for Kernel Debugging
			Section 14.3.  Debugging the Linux Kernel
			Section 14.4.  Hardware-Assisted Debugging
			Section 14.5.  When It Doesn't Boot
			Section 14.6.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 15.  Debugging Embedded Linux Applications
			Section 15.1.  Target Debugging
			Section 15.2.  Remote (Cross) Debugging
			Section 15.3.  Debugging with Shared Libraries
			Section 15.4.  Debugging Multiple Tasks
			Section 15.5.  Additional Remote Debug Options
			Section 15.6.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 16.  Porting Linux
			Section 16.1.  Linux Source Organization
			Section 16.2.  Custom Linux for Your Board
			Section 16.3.  Platform Initialization
			Section 16.4.  Putting It All Together
			Section 16.5.  Chapter Summary
		Chapter 17.  Linux and Real Time
			Section 17.1.  What Is Real Time?
			Section 17.2.  Kernel Preemption
			Section 17.3.  Real-Time Kernel Patch
			Section 17.4.  Debugging the Real-Time Kernel
			Section 17.5.  Chapter Summary
		Appendix A.  GNU Public License
			Preamble
			Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution and Modification
			No Warranty
		Appendix B.  U-Boot Configurable Commands
		Appendix C.  BusyBox Commands
		Appendix D.  SDRAM Interface Considerations
			Section D.1.  SDRAM Basics
			Section D.2.  Clocking
			Section D.3.  SDRAM Setup
			Section D.4.  Summary
		Appendix E.  Open Source Resources
			Source Repositories and Developer Information
			Mailing Lists
			Linux News and Developments
			Open Source Insight and Discussion
		Appendix F.  Sample BDI-2000 Configuration File
		Index