1. The document outlines the objectives, outcomes, content, and textbooks for a course on Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming, and embedded Linux.
2. The objectives are to develop skills in Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming concepts like file systems, processes, and inter-process communication, and an introduction to embedded Linux.
3. The outcomes are being able to write shell scripts, use inter-process communication methods, configure cross-development platforms, modify and build customized Linux kernels, and port Linux to embedded boards.
1. The document outlines the objectives, outcomes, content, and textbooks for a course on Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming, and embedded Linux.
2. The objectives are to develop skills in Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming concepts like file systems, processes, and inter-process communication, and an introduction to embedded Linux.
3. The outcomes are being able to write shell scripts, use inter-process communication methods, configure cross-development platforms, modify and build customized Linux kernels, and port Linux to embedded boards.
1. The document outlines the objectives, outcomes, content, and textbooks for a course on Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming, and embedded Linux.
2. The objectives are to develop skills in Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming concepts like file systems, processes, and inter-process communication, and an introduction to embedded Linux.
3. The outcomes are being able to write shell scripts, use inter-process communication methods, configure cross-development platforms, modify and build customized Linux kernels, and port Linux to embedded boards.
1. The document outlines the objectives, outcomes, content, and textbooks for a course on Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming, and embedded Linux.
2. The objectives are to develop skills in Linux utilities, shell scripting, systems programming concepts like file systems, processes, and inter-process communication, and an introduction to embedded Linux.
3. The outcomes are being able to write shell scripts, use inter-process communication methods, configure cross-development platforms, modify and build customized Linux kernels, and port Linux to embedded boards.
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Objective:
1. To understand and make effective use of linux utilities and shell scripting language to solve programming. 2. To Develop the skills that necessary for systems programming including file system
programming,process and signal management and interprocess communication.
3. To introduce the concept of embedded linux.
4. To explain the essential components –tool chain ,boot loader,kernel and ,root file system
5 . To provide particle experience in developing embedded linux system
Outcome:
Upon successful completion of this course, Student will able to
1. understand the basic commands of linux operating system and can write shell scripts.
2. create shared memory segements , pipes ,message queues and can exercise inter process
Communication.
3. ablity to set up and use cross Development platform.
4. learn to configure and build a customized linux kernel.
5 . explain the porting of linux kernel and root file system in embedded linux board.
CONTENT:
MODULE I Introduction Introduction to Linux & Open source, GPL, LGPL licensing, Introduction to various flavors to Linux, Basic linux commands, Components of Linux
Shell Scripting: Shell programming, what is shell, making a script executable, shell syntax, loops, emory control Management Unitstatements, functions, array. (MMU) introduction
MODULE II System Calls User and Kernel Space, Introduction to System Calls, System Calls in Detail, Strace – Tracing system calls
Process Introduction to Process, Process vs. Program, Process States, Creating Process, Process termination, Special case of processes
Inter Process Communication (IPC)
Introduction to IPC, Pipe, FIFO, Shared Memory, Advantages and Disadvantages of various IPC mechanisms, Application use cases
MODULE III Signals Introduction to Signals, Default disposition of Signals, Handling the Signals, Signal Related Functions
Race condition in multi-threaded applications, Writing thread safe code, Mutex, POSIX Semaphores, Usage of Binary semaphores and Mutex
MODULE IV Introduction Embedded Systems & Real Time Aspect, Open Source & Free Software Fundamentals Linux as an Embedded OS: Architecture, Software components, Choices to make, Applying Patches Source Code Browsing Techniques
Learning About Toolchains
What is a toolchain?, Types of toolchain - native versus cross toolchain, Choosing the C library, Finding a toolchain, Anatomy of a toolchain, Other tools in the toolchain, Looking at the components of the C library, Linking with libraries: static and dynamic linking, The art of cross compiling, Problems with cross compiling.
MODULE V What does a bootloader do?, The boot sequence, Booting with UEFI firmware, Moving from bootloader to kernel, Introducing device trees, Choosing a bootloader, U-Boot, Barebox Porting and Configuring the Kernel What does the kernel do?, Choosing a kernel, Building the kernel, Compiling, Cleaning kernel sources, Booting your kernel, Porting Linux to a new board. Module VI
Building a Root Filesystem
What should be in the root filesystem?, Programs for the root filesystem, Libraries for the root filesystem, Device nodes, The proc and sysfs filesystems, Kernel modules, Transfering the root filesystem to the target, Creating a boot ramdisk, The init program, Configuring user accounts, Starting a daemon process, A better way of managing device nodes, Module VII
Debugging with GDB
The GNU debugger, Preparing to debug, Debugging applications using GDB, Remote debugging using gdbserver, Starting to debug, Debugging shared libraries, Just-in-time debugging, Debugging forks and threads, Core files, GDB user interfaces, Debugging kernel code.
Text Books: 1. Unix Concepts and Applications, 4th Edition, Sumitabha Das, TMH. 2. Beginning Linux Programming, 4th Edition, N.Matthew, R.Stones,Wrox, Wiley India Edition. 3. Mastering Embedded Linux Programming”, Chris Simmonds, Packt publishing Ltd, December 2015,ISBN 978-1-78439-253-6. 4.
Reference books: 1. Linux System Programming, Robert Love, O’Reilly, SPD. 2. Advanced Programming in the Unix environment, 2nd Edition, W.R.Stevens, Pearson Education. 3. Unix Network Programming, W.R.Stevens,PHI. 4. Unix for programmers and users, 3rd Edition, Graham Glass, King Ables, Pearson Education
Software Containers: The Complete Guide to Virtualization Technology. Create, Use and Deploy Scalable Software with Docker and Kubernetes. Includes Docker and Kubernetes.
