Building Embedded Linux for Raspberry PI

Contents:

• 1. Acronyms
• 2. Getting started with RPI
  • 2.1. Reference Documentation
  • 2.2. Operating System Installation
    • 2.2.1. Downloading and installing Raspberry PI OS
    • 2.2.2. Setting up the Raspberry Pi
    • 2.2.3. Reviewing the SD card content
    • 2.2.4. Booting the RPI
    • 2.2.5. Discovering the RPI IP address
    • 2.2.6. Raspberry Pi OS Update
  • 2.3. Integration of a 3-axis accelerometer with Raspberry-Pi
    • 2.3.1. Specifications
    • 2.3.2. Suggested Improvements
    • 2.3.3. Optional: Python Script
  • 2.4. Compiling & linking C program in Linux
  • 2.5. Questions to be reported to instructors
• 3. Embedded Linux With RPI
  • 3.1. Document Overview
  • 3.2. References
  • 3.3. Building Linux using buildroot
    • 3.3.1. Elements needed for the execution of these LABS
  • 3.4. Starting the VMware
  • 3.5. Configuring Buildroot for RPI4
    • 3.5.1. Target Options
    • 3.5.2. Toolchain
    • 3.5.3. Build options
    • 3.5.4. System Configuration
    • 3.5.5. Linux Kernel
    • 3.5.6. Target Packages
    • 3.5.7. File System Images
    • 3.5.8. Boot-loaders
    • 3.5.9. Host Utilities
  • 3.6. Compiling buildroot
  • 3.7. Buildroot Output.
  • 3.8. Booting the Raspberry Pi.
  • 3.9. Connecting the RPI to the cabled ethernet network
    • 3.9.1. Inspecting the configuration of the network interface generated automatically by Buildroot
  • 3.10. Adding WIFI support
    • 3.10.1. Adding mdev support to Embedded Linux
    • 3.10.2. Adding the Broadcom firmware support for Wireless hardware
  • 3.11. Customizing the Linux kernel
    • 3.11.1. Kernel configuration
• 4. Using the integrated development environment Eclipse/CDT
  • 4.1. Eclipse IDE for C/C++ developers
  • 4.2. Cross-Compiling applications using Eclipse
  • 4.3. Building a project
  • 4.4. Moving the binary to the target
  • 4.5. Executing the application
  • 4.6. Automatic debugging using gdb and gdbserver
• 5. Preparing the VMware Ubuntu Virtual Machine.
  • 5.1. Download VMware Workstation Player.
  • 5.2. Installing Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS as a virtual machine.
  • 5.3. Installing synaptic
  • 5.4. Installing putty
  • 5.5. Installing packages for supporting Buildroot.
  • 5.6. Installing packages supporting Eclipse
• Index

Indices and tables

• Index