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Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

By : Chris Simmonds
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Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

4.8 (20)
By: Chris Simmonds

Overview of this book

Mastering Embedded Linux Programming takes you through the product cycle and gives you an in-depth description of the components and options that are available at each stage. You will begin by learning about toolchains, bootloaders, the Linux kernel, and how to configure a root filesystem to create a basic working device. You will then learn how to use the two most commonly used build systems, Buildroot and Yocto, to speed up and simplify the development process. Building on this solid base, the next section considers how to make best use of raw NAND/NOR flash memory and managed flash eMMC chips, including mechanisms for increasing the lifetime of the devices and to perform reliable in-field updates. Next, you need to consider what techniques are best suited to writing applications for your device. We will then see how functions are split between processes and the usage of POSIX threads, which have a big impact on the responsiveness and performance of the final device The closing sections look at the techniques available to developers for profiling and tracing applications and kernel code using perf and ftrace.
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System V init


This init program was inspired by the one from UNIX System V, and so dates back to the mid 1980s. The version most often found in Linux distributions was written initially by Miquel van Smoorenburg. Until recently, it was considered the way to boot Linux, obviously including embedded systems, and BusyBox init is a trimmed down version of System V init.

Compared to BusyBox init, System V init has two advantages. Firstly, the boot scripts are written in a well-known, modular format, making it easy to add new packages at build time or runtime. Secondly, it has the concept of runlevels, which allow a collection of programs to be started or stopped in one go, by switching from one runlevel to another.

There are 8 runlevels numbered from 0 to 6, plus S:

  • S: Single user mode

  • 0: Halt the system

  • 1 to 5: General use

  • 6: Reboot the system

Levels 1 to 5 can be used as you please. On desktop Linux distributions, they are conventionally assigned as follows:

  • 1: Single user

  • 2: Multi-user with no network...

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