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packages
panic( ) system call
parameters
     for device drivers
     kernel command line
parent processes, debugging
partitions
     block sizes
     definition of
     displaying information about
     formatting
     MTD (Memory Technology Devices) partitions
         board-specific initialization
         Flash chip drivers
         kernel command-line partitioning
         mapping drivers
         mounting as ext file system
         Redboot partitions
     types of
patching kernel
patchkernel.sh script, building MTD (Memory Technology Devices) subsystem
period (.)
physmap_configure( ) function
PICMG specifications
platform-specific code, customizing
platform-specific files
platforms [See hardware platforms.]
platform_init( ) function 2nd
plus sign (+)
porting
     Linux
         architecture branches
         board-specific information
         customizing kernel initialization
         default kernel command line
         early variable access
         final steps
         machine-dependent calls
         platform initialization
         prerequisites
         source code organization
     U-Boot
         board-specific initialization
         EP405 example
         makefile configuration rule
         processor initialization
PowerPC processors
     AMCC PowerPC
     configs directory
     Freescale PowerPC
PowerQUICC architecture (Freescale PowerPC processors)
PQ2FADs Flash mapping drivers
preemption debugging
preemption latency, sources of
preemption modes, real-time kernel patch
preemption of kernel [See also real time.]
     models for
     preventing
PREEMPT_DESKTOP preemption mode
PREEMPT_NONE preemption mode
PREEMPT_RT preemption mode
PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY preemption mode
prelink
prerequisites
     of host systems
     for porting Linux
preventing kernel preemption
printf( ) function
printk function
     dumping log buffer
     kernel debugging with
/proc file system 2nd
     cpuinfo entry 2nd
     init process 2nd
     maps entry 2nd
     mount dependency 2nd
     mounting 2nd
process context
process virtual memory
processes
     multiple processes, debugging
     real-time processes, creating
     running processes, attaching to
processor initialization, U-Boot porting example
processors
     hardware platforms
         ATCA
         CompactPCI
     integrated processors
         AMCC PowerPC
         AMD MIPS
         ARM 2nd
         Broadcom MIPS
         Freescale ARM
         Freescale PowerPC
         Intel ARM XScale
         Linux-supported architectures
         MIPS
         PowerPC
         TI ARM
     stand-alone processors
         chipsets
         Freescale MPC7448
         IBM 970FX
         Intel Pentium M
profiling
     ltrace
     strace
programming Flash with JTAG probes
ps macro 2nd 3rd
pseudo file systems
     /proc file system
         cpuinfo entry
         init process
         maps entry
         mount dependency
         mounting
     sysfs file system
         browsing
         top-level directory