Embedded Linux:

Overview for Embedded Linux

Use of embedded Linux in applications

Linux Concepts

Accessing the command line (terminal and desktop)

Accessing and using manual pages

Working with the command line and the shell

Piping and redirection

Linux OS

Introduction to Open Source concepts

Development environment and Tools

Linux file system

Basics regarding Kernel Space and its interface to User Space

Shell and basic shell commands

Different Linux commands like cp , mv mount

Introduction to VI editor.

Creating script

Shell variables conditions (if else )

Shell control structures

Shell programs to read command line parameters

Linux lab for shell programming

Open source and choice-points for Embedded development

Setting up Embedded development environment

Boot loader and building root file system

Components of Embedded Linux Kernel

Embedded application programming

Embedded Linux & OS Concepts:

Linux Architecture

Introduction to components of I/O architecture

Objectives of Linux I/O model

Virtual file system

File system services

I/O cache

Understanding file descriptors

Generic Architecture of a Embedded Linux

System Start up, Types of Boot Configuration

Root File System Structure, Root file system setup

Setting up the boot loader

Embedded Storage (Memory Technology Devices)

Embedded File System

Introduction to common file APIs

Accessing file attributes

Standard I/O operations

File control operations(fcntl())

Alternate File I/O models

Huge file I/O

Monitoring File and directory events

Use cases

Process creation & Process termination

Threads ,programming on threads

Inter process communication

Different IPC mechanism like shared memory semaphores, message queues

Process synchronization mechanism, mutexes

Linux system calls for signals

Difference between native compiler and cross compiler

Porting Linux kernel and Root file system to Rpi board

Raspbian OS (Linux Desktop)

Setting up the RPi : Raspbian OS

Booting the RPi

Writing Linux Application on Rpi