Résumé
Linux is being adopted by an increasing number of embedded systems developers, who have been won over by its sophisticated scheduling and networking, its cost-free license, its open development model, and the support offered by rich and powerful programming tools. While there is a great deal of hype surrounding the use of Linux in embedded systems, there is not a lot of practical information. Building Embedded Linux Systems is the first in-depth, hard-core guide to putting together an embedded system based on the Linux kernel. This indispensable book features arcane and previously undocumented procedures for:
- Building your own GNU development toolchain
- Using an efficient embedded development framework
- Selecting, configuring, building, and installing a target-specific kernel
- Creating a complete target root filesystem
- Setting up, manipulating, and using solid-state storage devices
- Installing and configuring a bootloader for the target
- Cross-compiling a slew of utilities and packages
- Debugging your embedded system using a plethora of tools and techniques
Details are provided for various target architectures and hardware configurations, including a thorough review of Linux's support for embedded hardware. All explanations rely on the use of open source and free software packages. By presenting how to build the operating system components from pristine sources and how to find more documentation or help, this book greatly simplifies the task of keeping complete control over one's embedded operating system, whether it be for technical or sound financial reasons.
Author Karim Yaghmour, a well-known designer and speaker who is responsible for the Linux Trace Toolkit, starts by discussing the strengths and weaknesses of Linux as an embedded operating system. Licensing issues are included, followed by a discussion of the basics of building embedded Linux systems. The configuration, setup, and use of over forty different open source and free software packages commonly used in embedded Linux systems are also covered. uClibc, BusyBox, U-Boot, OpenSSH, thttpd, tftp, strace, and gdb are among the packages discussed.
Contents
- Introduction
- Basic Concepts
- Hardware Support
- Development Tools
- Kernel Considerations
- Root Filesystem Content
- Storage Device Manipulation
- Root Filesystem Setup
- Setting Up the Bootloader
- Setting Up Networking Services
- Debugging Tools
- Appendices
- Index
L'auteur - Karim Yaghmour
Karim Yaghmour is the founder and president of Opersys
Inc. (http://www.opersys.com), a company providing
expertise and courses on the use of open source and free
software in embedded systems. Being himself an active
member of the open source and free software community,
Karim has firmly established Opersys's services around the
core values of knowledge sharing and technical quality
promoted by this community. As part of his community
involvement, Karim is the maintainer of the Linux Trace
Toolkit and the author of a series of white-papers that led
to the implementation of the Adeos nanokernel, which allows
multiple operating systems to exist side-by-side.
Karim's quest for understanding how things work started at
a very young age when he took it upon himself to break open
all the radios and cassette players he could lay his hands
on in order to "fix" them. Very early, he developed a keen
interest in operating system internals and embedded
systems. He now holds a B.Eng. and an M.A.Sc. from the
École Polytechnique de Montréal. While everyone was hacking
away at Linux, Karim even took a detour to write his own
distributed micro-kernel in order to get to the bottom of
operating system design and implementation. When not
working on software, Karim indulges in his passion for
history, philosophy, sociology, and humanities in general.
He's especially addicted to essays and novels by Umberto
Eco and Gerald Messadié.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | O'Reilly |
| Auteur(s) | Karim Yaghmour |
| Parution | 24/06/2003 |
| Nb. de pages | 414 |
| Format | 17,7 x 23,3 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 665g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780596002220 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-596-00222-0 |
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