
Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications
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Description
Key Features
* Covers new Linux kernel 2.6 and the recent major OS release, Fedora.
* Gives the engineer a guide to working with popular and cost-efficient open-source code.
Readership
Table of Contents
- Preface, About.the.Author, What’s.on.the.CD-ROM, CHAPTER.1:.The.Embedded.and.Real-Time.Space, What is Embedded?, What is Real-Time?, How and Why Does Linux Fit In?, Where is Linux Embedded?, Open Source Licensing, Resources
CHAPTER.2:.Introducing.Linux, Features, Protected Mode Architecture, The Linux Process Model, The Linux Filesystem, System Configuration, The Shell, Getting Help, Resources
CHAPTER.3:.The.Host.Development.Environment, Linux Distributions, Dual-Booting, Cross-Development Tools—The GNU Tool Chain, Resources
CHAPTER.4:.Configuring.and.Building.the.Kernel, Getting Started, Where is the Source Code?, Configuring the Kernel—make config, menuconfig, xconfig, Behind the Scenes—What’s Really Happening, Booting the New Kernel, What Can Go Wrong?, Resources
CHAPTER.5:.BlueCat.Linux, The “Less is More” Philosophy, Installing BlueCat Linux, X86 Target for BlueCat Linux, Configuring the Workstation, First Test Program, The “Shell” Kernel, Resources
CHAPTER.6:.Debugging.Embedded.Software, The Target Setup, GDB, The Host as a Debug Environment, Adding Programmable Setpoint and Limit, Resources
CHAPTER.7:.Kernel.Modules.and.Device.Drivers, Kernel Modules, What’s a Device Driver Anyway?, Linux Device Drivers, Internal Driver Structure, The Hardware, The Target Version of Thermostat, Debugging Kernel Code, Building Your Driver into the Kernel, An Alternative—uCLinux, The “Old Way,” Resources
CHAPTER.8:.Embedded.Networking, Sockets, A Simple Example, A Remote Thermostat, Embedded Web Servers, A Web-Enabled Thermostat, Embedded email, Other Application-Level Protocols, Resources
CHAPTER.9:.Introduction.to.Real-Time.Programming, Polling vs. Interrupts, Tasks, Scheduling, Aperiodic Scheduling, Kernel Services, Inter-Task Communication, Problems with Solving the Resource Sharing Problem—Priority Inversion, Interrupts and Exceptions, Critical Sections, Resources
CHAPTER.10:.Linux.and.Real-Time, Why Linux Isn’t Real-Time, Two Approaches
CHAPTER.11:.The.RTAI.Environment, Installing RTAI, Inter-Task Communication and Synchronization, Communicating with Linux Processes, Real-Time in User Space—LXRT, One Shot vs. Periodic Timing, Moving to Kernel Space, Real-Time FIFOs and Shared Memory Suggested Exercises, Resources
CHAPTER.12:.Posix.Threads, Threads, Thread Attributes, Synchronization—Mutexes, Communication—Condition Variables, Pthreads in User Space, Moving to RTAI Kernel Space, Message Queues, Suggestions for Further Exploration, Resources
CHAPTER.13:.Cutting.It.Down.to.Size, BusyBox , TinyLogin, uClinux, Summary, Resources
CHAPTER.14:.Eclipse.Integrated.Development.Environment, Overview, Installation, Using Eclipse, The C Development Environment (CDT), Summary, Resources, APPENDIX.A:. RTAI.Application.Programming.Interface. (API)
APPENDIX.B:.Posix.Threads.(Pthreads).Application, Programming.Interface
APPENDIX.C:.Why.Software.Should.Not.Have.Owners
APPENDIX.D:.Upgrading.From.Kernel.2.4.to.2.6
Product details
- No. of pages: 320
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Newnes 2006
- Published: April 3, 2006
- Imprint: Newnes
- eBook ISBN: 9780080496153
About the Authors
Doug Abbott
Doug Abbott is the principal of Intellimetrix, a consulting firm in Silver City, NM, specializing in hardware and software for industrial and scientific data acquisition and embedded product applications. Among his past and pre-sent clients are Agilent Technologies, Tektronix, Sandia National Laboratory and numerous smaller high-tech com-panies in Silicon Valley.
Mr. Abbott has over thirty years experience in various aspects of computer hardware and software design and has been an independent consultant for the past fifteen years. Prior to founding Intellimetrix, he managed software de-velopment for DSP Technology, Inc, a leading supplier of high-speed instrumentation.
Doug is also a popular instructor and seminar leader, who teaches classes in PC technology and real-time program-ming for University of California Berkeley Extension. He has taught the techniques of real-time programming and multi-tasking operating systems to hundreds of professional engineers. These classes can also be customized and made available for on-site presentation.
Mr. Abbott received an MSEE degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Affiliations and Expertise
Doug Abbott
Doug Abbott is the principal of Intellimetrix, a consulting firm in Silver City, NM, specializing in hardware and software for industrial and scientific data acquisition and embedded product applications. Among his past and pre-sent clients are Agilent Technologies, Tektronix, Sandia National Laboratory and numerous smaller high-tech com-panies in Silicon Valley.
Mr. Abbott has over thirty years experience in various aspects of computer hardware and software design and has been an independent consultant for the past fifteen years. Prior to founding Intellimetrix, he managed software de-velopment for DSP Technology, Inc, a leading supplier of high-speed instrumentation.
Doug is also a popular instructor and seminar leader, who teaches classes in PC technology and real-time program-ming for University of California Berkeley Extension. He has taught the techniques of real-time programming and multi-tasking operating systems to hundreds of professional engineers. These classes can also be customized and made available for on-site presentation.
Mr. Abbott received an MSEE degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Affiliations and Expertise
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