Building Embedded Linux Systems, 2/e

There's a great deal of excitementsurrounding the use of Linux in embedded systems -- for everything from cellphones to car ABS systems and water-filtration plants -- but not a lot ofpractical information. Building Embedded Linux Systems offers an in-depth,hard-core guide to putting together embedded systems based on Linux.

Updated for the latest version of the Linux kernel, this new edition gives youthe basics of building embedded Linux systems, along with the configuration,setup, and use of more than 40 different open source and free software packagesin common use. The book also looks at the strengths and weaknesses of usingLinux in an embedded system, plus a discussion of licensing issues, and anintroduction to real-time, with a discussion of real-time options for Linux.

This indispensable book features arcane and previously undocumentedprocedures for:

• Building your own GNU development toolchain
• Using an efficient embedded development framework
• Selecting, configuring, building, and installing a target-specific kernel
• Creating a complete target root file system
• Setting up, manipulating, and using solid-state storage devices
• Installing and configuring a boot loader for the target
• Cross-compiling a slew of utilities and packages
• Debugging your embedded system using a plethora of tools and techniques
• Using the uClibc, BusyBox, U-Boot, OpenSSH, thttpd, tftp, strace, and gdb packages

By presenting how to buildthe operating system components from pristine sources and how to find moredocumentation or help, Building Embedded Linux Systems greatly simplifies thetask of keeping complete control over your embedded operating system.