LINUX Basics

Introduction to linux operating system

• operating system services
• why linux

Different types operating systems

• Monolithic
• Micro etc

Basic linux user commands
Linux root file system structure.
Introduction to GNU Tool chain

• GCC compiler
• Make file
• GDB

Operating system basics

• Operating system structure,kernel Architecture,system calls
• Process Management(PCB ,Process creation etc..) (LAB-4)
• Programs on process management
• Memory Management(Paging, Swapping ,Segmentation  Virtual Management etc..)
• Scheduler(scheduling polocies)
• File management,Open ,read Write system Calls

RTOS basics -Linux as Real Time

• RTOS Introduction (Hard Real Time,Soft Real Time)
• Latency in Linux, Priority Inheritance
• Linux 2.6 features for realtime
• 2.6 Kernel Compilation
  

RT LINUX patching

• Linux RTPREEMPT Patches
• Configuring the Kernel with RT-PATCH
• Debugging the Real time Kernel
• High Resolution Timers, The Latency Tracer

Implementation of Real Time application

• Linux real-time API.
• Testing the Realtime-preempt patch
• Measuring and comparing scheduling latency in standard Linux and in Linux with the latest RT patches.