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Building Embedded Linux Systems
By Karim Yaghmour
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: April 2003
ISBN	: 0-596-00222-X
Pages	: 416
Slots	: 1

		Copyright
		Dedication
		Preface
			Audience of This Book
			Scope and Background Information
			Organization of the Material
			Hardware Used in This Book
			Software Versions
			Book Web Site
			Typographical Conventions
			Contact Information
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Introduction
			Section 1.1.  Definitions
			Section 1.2.  Real Life and Embedded Linux Systems
			Section 1.3.  Example Multicomponent System
			Section 1.4.  Design and Implementation Methodology
		Chapter 2.  Basic Concepts
			Section 2.1.  Types of Hosts
			Section 2.2.  Types of Host/Target Development Setups
			Section 2.3.  Types of Host/Target Debug Setups
			Section 2.4.  Generic Architecture of an Embedded Linux System
			Section 2.5.  System Startup
			Section 2.6.  Types of Boot Configurations
			Section 2.7.  System Memory Layout
		Chapter 3.  Hardware Support
			Section 3.1.  Processor Architectures
			Section 3.2.  Buses and Interfaces
			Section 3.3.  I/O
			Section 3.4.  Storage
			Section 3.5.  General Purpose Networking
			Section 3.6.  Industrial Grade Networking
			Section 3.7.  System Monitoring
		Chapter 4.  Development Tools
			Section 4.1.  Using a Practical Project Workspace
			Section 4.2.  GNU Cross-Platform Development Toolchain
			Section 4.3.  C Library Alternatives
			Section 4.4.  Java
			Section 4.5.  Perl
			Section 4.6.  Python
			Section 4.7.  Ada
			Section 4.8.  Other Programming Languages
			Section 4.9.  Integrated Development Environments
			Section 4.10.  Terminal Emulators
		Chapter 5.  Kernel Considerations
			Section 5.1.  Selecting a Kernel
			Section 5.2.  Configuring the Kernel
			Section 5.3.  Compiling the Kernel
			Section 5.4.  Installing the Kernel
			Section 5.5.  In the Field
		Chapter 6.  Root Filesystem Content
			Section 6.1.  Basic Root Filesystem Structure
			Section 6.2.  Libraries
			Section 6.3.  Kernel Modules
			Section 6.4.  Kernel Images
			Section 6.5.  Device Files
			Section 6.6.  Main System Applications
			Section 6.7.  Custom Applications
			Section 6.8.  System Initialization
		Chapter 7.  Storage Device Manipulation
			Section 7.1.  MTD-Supported Devices
			Section 7.2.  Disk Devices
			Section 7.3.  To Swap or Not to Swap
		Chapter 8.  Root Filesystem Setup
			Section 8.1.  Selecting a Filesystem
			Section 8.2.  Using an NFS-Mounted Root Filesystem to Write a Filesystem Image to Flash
			Section 8.3.  CRAMFS
			Section 8.4.  JFFS2
			Section 8.5.  Disk Filesystem over NFTL
			Section 8.6.  Disk Filesystem over RAM Disk
			Section 8.7.  Mounting Directories on TMPFS
			Section 8.8.  Live Updates
		Chapter 9.  Setting Up the Bootloader
			Section 9.1.  Bootloaders Galore
			Section 9.2.  Server Setup for Network Boot
			Section 9.3.  Using LILO with Disk and CompactFlash Devices
			Section 9.4.  Using GRUB with DiskOnChip Devices
			Section 9.5.  U-Boot
		Chapter 10.  Setting Up Networking Services
			Section 10.1.  The Internet Super-Server
			Section 10.2.  Remote Administration with SNMP
			Section 10.3.  Network Login Through Telnet
			Section 10.4.  Secure Communication with SSH
			Section 10.5.  Serving Web Content Through HTTP
			Section 10.6.  Dynamic Configuration Through DHCP
		Chapter 11.  Debugging Tools
			Section 11.1.  Debugging Applications with gdb
			Section 11.2.  Tracing
			Section 11.3.  Performance Analysis
			Section 11.4.  Memory Debugging
			Section 11.5.  A Word on Hardware Tools
		Appendix A.  Worksheet
			Section A.1.  Project Identification
			Section A.2.  Hardware Summary
			Section A.3.  Development Tools
			Section A.4.  Kernel
			Section A.5.  Root filesystem
			Section A.6.  Storage Device Organization
			Section A.7.  Bootloader Configuration and Use
			Section A.8.  Networking services
			Section A.9.  Custom Project Software
			Section A.10.  Debug Notes
			Section A.11.  Additional Notes
			Section A.12.  Embedded Linux Systems Worksheet
		Appendix B.  Resources
			Section B.1.  Online
			Section B.2.  Books
			Section B.3.  Publications
			Section B.4.  Organizations
			Section B.5.  Linux and Open-Source-Oriented Hardware Projects
		Appendix C.  Important Licenses and Notices
			Section C.1.  Exclusion of User-Space Applications from Kernel's GPL
			Section C.2.  Notices on Binary Kernel Modules
			Section C.3.  Legal Clarifications About the Kernel by Linus Torvalds
		Colophon
		Index