Linux for embedded and real-time applications

Linux for embedded and real-time applications

Linux for Embedded and Real-Time Applications, Fourth Edition, provides a practical introduction to the basics, covering the latest developments in this rapidly evolving technology. Ideal for those new to the use of Linux in an embedded environment, the book takes a hands-on approach that covers key...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Abbott, Doug, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Newness 2018.
Edición:Fourth edition
Materias:
Linux.
Operating systems (Computers)
Embedded computer systems > Programming.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630755206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Audience and Prerequisites
  • What's New in this Edition
  • Personal Biases
  • Organization
  • I. Introduction
  • 1 The embedded and real-time space
  • What is Embedded?
  • What is Real-Time?
  • How and Why Does Linux Fit in?
  • Open Source
  • Portable and Scalable
  • Where is Linux Embedded?
  • Open Source Licensing
  • Legal Issues
  • Alternatives to Linux
  • FreeRTOS
  • MicroC/OS
  • Resources
  • 2 Installing linux
  • Distributions
  • Linux Mint
  • Debian GNU/Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora
  • CentOS
  • SUSE
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Installation Scenarios
  • Stand-Alone
  • Dual-Booting
  • Virtualization
  • Installing VirtualBox
  • DVD or Live CD?
  • Installation Process
  • Resources
  • 3 Introducing linux
  • Running Linux-KDE
  • File Manager
  • Shell Window
  • Linux Features
  • Protected Mode Architecture
  • Real Mode
  • Protected Mode
  • "Flat" Versus Segmented Memory Models
  • Paging
  • 64-Bit Paging
  • The Linux Process Model
  • The Fork() Function
  • The Execve() Function
  • The Linux File System
  • File Permissions
  • The "Root" User
  • The /Proc File System
  • The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
  • The /usr hierarchy
  • "Mounting" File Systems
  • System Configuration
  • The Shell
  • Getting Help
  • Resources
  • 4 The host development environment
  • Cross-Development Tools: the GNU Tool Chain
  • Gnu Compiler Collection
  • Make
  • Gnu DeBugger
  • Getting and Installing the Software
  • Install Cross-Tool Chain
  • The Terminal Emulator, minicom
  • Networking
  • Network Address
  • What About Wireless?
  • Network File System
  • Trivial File Transfer Protocol
  • Resources
  • 5 Eclipse integrated development environment
  • Overview
  • Plug-ins
  • Workbench
  • Installation
  • Using Eclipse.
  • The C Development Environment (CDT)
  • Creating a New Project
  • Adding Source Code to the Project
  • Content Assist
  • Code Templates
  • Automatic Closing
  • The Program
  • Building the Project
  • Debugging With CDT
  • The Debug View
  • Variables View
  • Breakpoints View
  • Memory View
  • Finish Debugging
  • Additional Plug-ins
  • Summary
  • Resources
  • 6 The hardware
  • The ARM Architecture
  • Open Source Hardware
  • BeagleBoard
  • Specifications (Rev. C4)
  • BeagleBoard-xM
  • BeagleBone
  • BeagleBone Black
  • Gumstix
  • Additional specifications
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Specifications
  • Setting up the BeagleBone Black
  • Flash Memory and File Systems
  • BeagleBone Black Memory Configuration
  • Preparing the Board
  • Caveat
  • The Boot Process
  • Differences Between Version 7.4 and Version 8.7
  • The Root File System Image
  • Boot to the NFS File System
  • What Can Go Wrong?
  • Resources
  • II. Application programming in a cross-development environment
  • 7 Accessing hardware
  • Review
  • ARM I/O Architecture
  • LEDs
  • Accessing I/O From Linux: Our First Program
  • Creating a Project
  • The Target Execution Environment
  • The led Program
  • The Makefile
  • A Data Acquisition Example
  • Set Up the Hardware
  • Accessing the Analog Subsystem
  • Resources
  • 8 Debugging embedded software
  • Remote Debugging With Eclipse
  • Remote Debug Launch Configuration
  • A Thermostat
  • Host Workstation as Debug Environment
  • Advanced Breakpoint Features
  • Debugger Services Framework
  • Configuring Remote System Explorer
  • Debugging With Remote System Explorer
  • Resources
  • 9 Posix threads
  • Threads
  • Thread Attributes
  • Synchronization: Mutexes
  • Mutex Attributes
  • Problems With Solving the Resource Sharing Problem: Priority Inversion
  • Communication: Condition Variables
  • Condition Variable Attributes
  • Thread Termination and Cancellation.
  • Cleanup Handlers
  • Pthreads Implementations
  • Upgrading the Thermostat
  • Changes Required in Thermostat.c
  • Debugging Multithreaded Programs
  • Resources
  • 10 Embedded networking
  • Sockets
  • The Server Process
  • The Client Process
  • Socket Attributes
  • A Simple Example
  • The Server
  • The Client
  • Try it Out
  • A Remote Thermostat
  • Multiple Monitor Threads
  • Embedded Web Servers
  • Background on HTTP
  • A Web-Enabled Thermostat
  • Dynamic Web Content
  • Forms and the POST Method
  • Build and Try it
  • "Real" Web Servers
  • Apache
  • Lighttpd
  • Node.js
  • Resources
  • 11 Graphics programming with QT
  • Getting and Installing QT
  • QT Basics
  • Signals and Slots
  • A Simple Example
  • QT Designer
  • Putting QT on the ARM
  • Build the Target Libraries
  • Create Build Environment for Target Applications
  • A Graphical Thermostat
  • Resources
  • III. Components and tools
  • 12 Configuring and building the Linux kernel
  • Getting Started
  • Where's the Source Code? Upstream versus Downstream Kernels
  • Kernel Version Numbering
  • Additional Tools
  • Getting and Installing the BeagleBone Kernel
  • Patching the Kernel
  • The Kernel Source Tree
  • Kernel Makefile
  • Configuring the Kernel: make config, menuconfig, xconfig
  • Xconfig Options
  • .config File
  • A Problem
  • Building the Kernel
  • Workstation Digression
  • Booting the New Kernel
  • Behind the Scenes: What's Really Happening
  • Resources
  • 13 Integrated build environments
  • The Problem
  • Buildroot
  • Open Embedded
  • OE Metadata
  • Testing the New Image: Quick EMUlator
  • Personal Observations
  • Yocto Project
  • Application Development with Yocto: The Software Development Kit and Eclipse
  • Personal Observations
  • Resources
  • 14 BusyBox and Linux initialization
  • Introducing BusyBox
  • Configuring and Installing BusyBox
  • BusyBox Settings
  • Applets.
  • Building and Installing
  • Using BusyBox
  • User Space Initialization
  • Stage 1 Boot Loader
  • Stage 2 MLO
  • U-Boot
  • Linux Kernel
  • Systemd
  • User Space Initialization, the "Old Way"
  • Resources
  • 15 U-boot boot loader and getting ready to ship
  • U-Boot
  • Background
  • Installing and Configuring U-Boot
  • Testing a New U-Boot
  • The "Sandbox"
  • Device Trees
  • Putting the Application in eMMC Flash
  • Resources
  • 16 Source code control - GIT
  • Background
  • Introducing git
  • File states and life cycle
  • Branching and merging
  • Configuring git
  • Graphical git
  • Creating a new repository
  • Resources
  • 17 Linux and real-time
  • Hard versus Soft Real-Time
  • Why Linux is Not Real-Time
  • Measuring Latency: Cyclictest
  • Improving Linux Latency
  • Two Approaches
  • Preemption Improvement
  • Interrupt Abstraction
  • A Third Way: Xenomai
  • Working With PREEMPT_RT
  • Wrap Up
  • Resources
  • Appendix A: U-boot Commands
  • Information Commands
  • Memory Commands
  • NAND Flash Memory Commands
  • Execution Control Commands
  • Download Commands
  • Environment Variable Commands
  • Environment Variables
  • Appendix B: Why Software Should Not Have Owners
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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