Embedded Linux Primer
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Comprehensive Real-World Guidance for Every Embedded Developer and Engineer This book brings together indispensable knowledge for building efficient, high-value, Linux-based embedded products: information that has never been assembled in one place before. Drawing on years of experience as an embedded Linux consultant and field application engineer, Christopher Hallinan offers solutions for the specific technical issues you’re most likely to face, demonstrates how to build an effective embedded Linux environment, and shows how to use it as productively as possible.
Hallinan begins by touring a typical Linux-based embedded system, introducing key concepts and components, and calling attention to differences between Linux and traditional embedded environments. Writing from the embedded developer’s viewpoint, he thoroughly addresses issues ranging from kernel building and initialization to bootloaders, device drivers to file systems.
Hallinan thoroughly covers the increasingly popular BusyBox utilities; presents a step-by-step walkthrough of porting Linux to custom boards; and introduces real-time configuration via CONFIG_RT--one of today’s most exciting developments in embedded Linux. You’ll find especially detailed coverage of using development tools to analyze and debug embedded systems--including the art of kernel debugging.
About the Author Christopher Hallinan, field applications engineer at MontaVista software, has worked for more than 20 years in assignments ranging from engineering and engineering management to marketing and business development. He spent four years as an independent development consultant in the embedded Linux marketplace. His work has appeared in magazines, including Telecommunications Magazine, Fiber Optics Magazine, and Aviation Digest.
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| 05-30-08 | 5 | 1\1 |
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For those engineers who start their first embedded Linux project, this book is a must have. The book is not for those who want to understand how kernel runs but it gives you the most important concept and work flow to bring up the OS on your development board. The author also provides a useful further reading list in case you want to dig more. A very practical and clearly written book and I would recommend it to those who have solid experience in embedded development but just start to explore in Linux.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-26 05:40:39 EST)
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| 03-09-08 | 5 | 2\2 |
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This book, the CALAO SYSTEM USB-A9260 card, an eeePC and a cross over cable is all that you need to study embedded system everywhere (even along the Seine river in Paris - yes I did it !).
The chapters about the U-BOOT bootloader, the BUSYBOX embeded Linux and an extra piece of information on the JFFS2 file system are welcome. If the cross-development environment chapter had been about BUILDROOT, this book would have been THE BOOK for the present embedded Linux based systems designers. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-05-31 04:55:55 EST)
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| 03-02-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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This book is very well organized, and provides a good level of detail of the topic. I do recommend it.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-03-09 13:49:11 EST)
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| 09-28-07 | 5 | 8\8 |
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I am an experienced embedded developer that just inherited an embedded Linux-based project already in progress. As there happens to be no one else at my company with any embedded Linux experience, I automatically became the de-facto Linux expert and I needed to come up to speed on a lot of topics very quickly. I found this book to be an excellent survey of the must-know topics for the embedded Linux developer. It also contains many references to the most definitive sources of information on the various topics. Highly recommended for coming up to speed on embedded Linux.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-03-03 14:45:43 EST)
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| 04-30-07 | 5 | 0\7 |
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Wow!
So far the book proves that embedding Linux while not easy can be fun and interesting. You never know what Tux will do during his startup sequences, even if you did indeed write the stuff the kernel is using for that series of startup steps. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-09-29 11:52:03 EST)
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| 01-05-07 | 4 | 4\5 |
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I'm a new developer of embedded linux and have a few background about linux. When I come to embedded linux and I read this book, it quite difficult for me. However I have a big picture of the embedded linux.
If you want to have a detail of step by step of building kernel or bootloader, the detail not enough. More detail about how to or step by step of configiration and compile kernel or bootloader you should read more from recommended website. I rate this book 4 stars because I am a new embedded linux developer, the author don't give me detail enough. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-30 19:17:02 EST)
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| 11-28-06 | 5 | (NA) |
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This book is an excellent primer on the Linux Embedded system development and applications support.
Mr Hallinan goes over all the important topics for Linux embedded applications support and development. A great tutorial for system developers or technical support staff involved with Embedded Linux. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-01-05 13:11:53 EST)
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| 10-06-06 | 5 | 5\9 |
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Hallinan's book presents a balanced tour of the basic knowledge
required for an embedded Linux design effort. The subject is exceedingly large and the author wisely chooses to focus on essentials such as tools, debugging, and architecture. There is less emphasis on quickly dated material such as source code tours and build instructions as is found in other texts. This book will add to your knowledge... not just your script library. Two attributes of this text are notable: a) This is the only text on the market with an overview of the latest CONFIG_RT technology found in the Linux kernel. CONFIG_RT is a new way of reaching real time performance requirements that does not depend on sub-kernels or interrupt abstraction. b) The author remains true to making this a "primer". This is an ideal book to start with and lay the foundation for future learning (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-11-28 13:15:56 EST)
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