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backtrace command
BDI-2000 sample configuration file [See also JTAG probes.]
bd_info structure
Big Kernel Lock (BKL)
bin directory
binary utilities
     addr2line
     ldd
     nm
     objcopy
     objdump
     prelink
     readelf
     strings
     strip
binutils
BIOS, bootloaders versus
bi_record structure
BKL (Big Kernel Lock)
block devices
block sizes
board-specific information, porting Linux
board-specific initialization
     MTD
     U-Boot porting example
boards [See hardware platforms; CPUs, porting U-Boot.]
boot block Flash chips
boot messages
booting [See also build system (kernel); initialization.]
     debugging boot process
         dumping printk log buffer
         serial debug output
         trapping crashes with KGDB
     from disk with U-Boot
     initrd
     with KGDB enabled
bootloaders
     BIOS versus
     booting kernel
     bootstrap loaders versus
     DRAM controller setup
     execution context
     GRUB 2nd
     image compiling and linking
     initialization flow of control
         architecture setup
         head.o module
         main.c module
     initrd and
     Lilo
     memory addresses
     nonvolatile storage versus RAM
     porting Linux prerequisites
     role of
     selecting
     starting target board
     U-Boot
         booting from disk
         booting with KGDB enabled
         command sets
         configurable commands
         configuration
         debugging with JTAG probe
         image format
         initrd support
         kernel, booting
         network protocols
         NFS root mount example
         nonvolatile storage
         porting
         target board, starting
bootm command
BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol), U-Boot network operations
BOOTP server, hosting target boards
bootstrap loaders
bottom-half processing
breakpoints
     hardware versus software breakpoints
     with KGDB
     remote debugging
     types of
Broadcom MIPS processors
browsing sysfs file system
build numbers
build output (kernel)
build system (kernel)
     composite kernel image
         architecture objects
         boot messages
         bootstrap loaders
         Image object
     configuration editors
     dot-config file
     Kconfig files
     makefile targets
     makefiles
building
     device drivers
     file systems
         cramfs
         JFFS2
     initrd image
     MTD (Memory Technology Devices) services
     root file system
BusyBox
     commands 2nd
     configuring
     cross-compiling
     defined
     example rcS initialization script
     executables
     init
     operations
     root file system
     target installation
busybox package
bzImage target