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Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

You're reading from   Mastering Embedded Linux Programming Unleash the full potential of Embedded Linux with Linux 4.9 and Yocto Project 2.2 (Morty) Updates

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787283282
Length 478 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Starting Out FREE CHAPTER 2. Learning About Toolchains 3. All About Bootloaders 4. Configuring and Building the Kernel 5. Building a Root Filesystem 6. Selecting a Build System 7. Creating a Storage Strategy 8. Updating Software in the Field 9. Interfacing with Device Drivers 10. Starting Up – The init Program 11. Managing Power 12. Learning About Processes and Threads 13. Managing Memory 14. Debugging with GDB 15. Profiling and Tracing 16. Real-Time Programming

What does the kernel do?

Linux began in 1991, when Linus Torvalds started writing an operating system for Intel 386- and 486-based personal computers. He was inspired by the Minix operating system written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum four years earlier. Linux differed in many ways from Minix; the main differences being that it was a 32-bit virtual memory kernel and the code was open source, later released under the GPL v2 license. He announced it on 25th August, 1991, on the comp.os.minix newsgroup in a famous post that began with:

Hello everybody out there using minix—I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since April, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of...
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