Editor's Note: Linux remains an attractive option for embedded systems developers. In fact, industry surveys such as the Embedded Market Study by UBM (EDN's parent company) consistently show interest ...

This excerpt offers a introduction and review of embedded operating systems. Adapted from “Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition” by Tammy Noergaard (Newnes) Some embedded OSs provide memory ...

When building an embedded system based on the Linux operating system, ... There are around 200 files in my embedded Linux filesystem. We don't have the space to cover every one in this article. Please ...

The traditional model for Embedded Linux (and all embedded system development) is cross-platform development. In this development style, ... application programs, and all of the directories needed to ...

Download the PDF of this article. Linux supports a range of file systems, including ones used on other operating systems such as Windows FAT and NTFS. Those may be supported by embedded developers ...

Ågström distribution: another build framework for building embedded Linux systems. It also sports a package manager. This makes it possible to add and remove applications from the device directly, ...

Linux newcomers are becoming part of the mainstream effort to create software for non-PC "embedded" computing devices, as indicated by a host of trade show announcements.

This also means that references to files and data structures must be available and compatible. ... There are hundreds of versions of Linux for embedded systems.

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df ...