Embedded Linux Primer: A Practical Real-World Approach (2nd Edition)

Book Description

Up-to-the-Minute, Complete Guidance for Developing Embedded Solutions with Linux

Linux has emerged as today’s #1 operating system for embedded products. Christopher Hallinan’s Embedded Linux Primer has proven itself as the definitive real-world guide to building efficient, high-value, embedded systems with Linux. Now, Hallinan has thoroughly updated this highly praised book for the newest Linux kernels, capabilities, tools, and hardware support, including advanced multicore processors.

Drawing on more than a decade of embedded Linux experience, Hallinan helps you rapidly climb the learning curve, whether you’re moving from legacy environments or you’re new to embedded programming. Hallinan addresses today’s most important development challenges and demonstrates how to solve the problems you’re most likely to encounter.

You’ll learn how to build a modern, efficient embedded Linux development environment, and then utilize it as productively as possible. Hallinan offers up-to-date guidance on everything from kernel configuration and initialization to bootloaders, device drivers to file systems, and BusyBox utilities to real-time configuration and system analysis. This edition adds entirely new chapters on UDEV, USB, and open source build systems.

• Tour the typical embedded system and development environment and understand its concepts and components.
• Understand the Linux kernel and userspace initialization processes.
• Preview bootloaders, with specific emphasis on U-Boot.
• Configure the Memory Technology Devices (MTD) subsystem to interface with flash (and other) memory devices.
• Make the most of BusyBox and latest open source development tools.
• Learn from expanded and updated coverage of kernel debugging.
• Build and analyze real-time systems with Linux.
• Learn to configure device files and driver loading with UDEV.
• Walk through detailed coverage of the USB subsystem.
• Introduces the latest open source embedded Linux build systems.
• Reference appendices include U-Boot and BusyBox commands.

中文：

书名：嵌入式Linux入门：实用的现实方法(第二版)

使用Linux开发嵌入式解决方案的最新完整指南

Linux已经成为当今嵌入式产品的首选操作系统。Christopher Hallinan的Embedded Linux Primer已经证明自己是使用Linux构建高效、高价值嵌入式系统的权威现实指南。现在，Hallinan彻底更新了这本备受赞誉的书，更新了最新的Linux内核、功能、工具和硬件支持，包括先进的多核处理器。

凭借十多年的嵌入式Linux经验，Hallinan帮助您快速攀登学习曲线，无论您是从传统环境迁移到嵌入式编程的新手。Hallinan解决了当今最重要的发展挑战，并展示了如何解决您最可能遇到的问题。

您将学习如何构建一个现代、高效的嵌入式Linux开发环境，然后尽可能高效地利用它。Hallinan提供了从内核配置和初始化到引导加载程序、设备驱动程序到文件系统、BusyBox实用程序到实时配置和系统分析的所有内容的最新指导。这个版本增加了关于udev、USB和开源构建系统的全新章节。

• 参观典型的嵌入式系统和开发环境，了解其概念和组件。
• 了解Linux内核和用户空间初始化过程。
• 预览引导加载程序，特别强调U-Boot。
• 配置Memory Technology Devices(MTD)子系统以与闪存(和其他)存储设备连接。
• 充分利用BusyBox和最新的开源开发工具。
• 了解内核调试的扩展和更新内容。
• Build and analyze real-time systems with Linux.
• 学习如何使用udev配置设备文件和驱动程序加载。
• 详细介绍USB子系统。
• Introduces the latest open source embedded Linux build systems.
• 参考附录包括U-Boot和BusyBox命令。