Embedded Operating Systems: A Practical Approach

✍ Scribed by Alan Holt, Chi-Yu Huang (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 204
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This practically-oriented textbook provides a clear introduction to the different component parts of an operating system and how these work together. The easy-to-follow text covers the bootloader, kernel, filesystem, shared libraries, start-up scripts, configuration files and system utilities. The procedure for building each component is described in detail, guiding the reader through the process of creating a fully functional GNU/Linux embedded OS. Features: presents a concise overview of the GNU/Linux system, and a detailed review of GNU/Linux filesystems; describes how to build an embedded system to run on a virtual machine, and to run natively on an actual processor; introduces the concept of the compiler toolchain, demonstrating how to develop a cross toolchain so that programs can be built on a range of different architectures; discusses the ARM-based platforms BeagleBone and Raspberry Pi; explains how to build OpenWRT firmware images for OMxP Open-mesh devices and the Dragino MS14 series.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Overview of GNU/Linux....Pages 13-37
The Filesystem in Detail....Pages 39-69
Building an Embedded System (First Pass)....Pages 71-85
Building an Embedded System (Second Pass)....Pages 87-114
Compiler Toolchains....Pages 115-136
Embedded ARM Devices....Pages 137-160
OpenWRT....Pages 161-181
Back Matter....Pages 183-196

✦ Subjects

Operating Systems