Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Real-time Linux Programming (17.RT513)

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Computing and Control Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Computer Engineering and Computer Communication
ECTS	6

Students should be able to program components of the Linux operating system kernel.

Ability to develop components of Linux operating system kernel, integration 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.

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 of the Linux kernel to a new hardware platform. Power management. Working with the community.

Lectures, Tutorials, Computer exercises, Consultations.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Doug Abbott	Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications	2012	Edition 3, Newnes	English
Karim Yaghmour, Jon Masters, Gilad Ben-Yossef, Philippe Gerum	Building Embedded Linux Systems	2008	O’Reilly Media	English
Sam Siewert, John Pratt	Real-Time Embedded Components and Systems with Linux and RTOS	2016	Mercury Learning & Information	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Project	Yes	Yes	20.00
Project	Yes	Yes	20.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00
Project	Yes	Yes	20.00
Computer exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00