The ext2 filesystem is not appropriate for some embedded devices. The Linux kernel software is defined to allow a fair amount of customization. Which features should be required? PCI support? SMP?

Embedded Linux distributions may also provide special tools for aiding the embedded Linux developer in reducing the size of their target configuration. Organizations that are building a version of ...

This course provides an introduction to Kernel programming for the Linux operating system, and the development of Linux kernel drivers for Embedded devices. The Yocto build system is introduced, which ...

Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, 3rd Edition by Doug Abbott offers a detailed, hands-on discussion that takes a developer from installation through application development. Presenting ...

The embedded Linux vendors offer special training and porting services if you need or want external help. Our cross-development platform is a regular ix86-based PC with Red Hat Linux.

An announcement of the revival of linux-tiny, a set of patches aimed at reducing the footprint of the kernel, mainly for the embedded world, has led to a number of linux-kernel threads.

Although several Linux start-ups have vanished, the embedded-OS market is rife with competition and MontaVista is betting on Linux for success.

The hype that spawned several Linux start-ups has vanished, but MontaVista Software still has faith that Linux is the foundation for success.

In this second excerpt, Abbott discusses kernel modules and device drivers. In Part 1 of this excerpt the author worked through an example of a simple kernel module. In this installment, Abbott ...