Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Embedded Linux (17.RT44N)

Native organizations units: No data

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Measurement-Information Technologies and Control Engineering (Godina: 3, Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Computer Engineering and Computer Communication
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	7

Educational goal:

Introduction to system software development for multimedia systems on embedded platforms. Linux operations system, source code and drivers. Memory management, how to handle exceptions, resource handling, DMA, Ethernet over USB, remote debugging for real time systems and application development

Educational outcome:

Ability to develop components of Linux operating system kernel, integration of with other parts of the kernel and with user applications, with focus on Linux device drivers for projects on embedded platforms, or on the traditional PC platform.

Course content:

Introduction to the Linux kernel, kernel source code. Configuring, compiling and booting the Linux kernel. Linux kernel modules. Memory management and accessing hardware. Character device drivers. Processes, scheduling, waiting for resources, interrupt management and locking. Kernel debugging techniques. Using DMA. Kernel architecture for device drivers (Illustration by many examples in the kernel code). Kernel booting details. Porting the Linux kernel to a new hardware platform. Power management. Working with the community

Teaching methods:

Lectures, tutorials, computer practice classes, consultations. During the semester students complete laboratory practice tasks

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman	Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition	2005	O Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472	English
Greg Kroah-Hartman	Linux Kernel in a Nutshell	2006	O’Reilly Media	English
Robert Love	Linux Kernel Development, Third Edition	2010	O’Reilly Media	English

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Presentation	Yes	Yes	10.00
Laboratory exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Project task	Yes	Yes	50.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Theoretical part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00