embedded-linux

Anybody cross compiled Mono for MIPS 64 using uClibc?

I am trying to statically cross compile Mono for MIPS. I am able to compile Mono, but it is always dynamically linked with it's dependencies, even though I specify static to the compiler. I wrote a test program and I am able to statically compile it with my toolchain and run it on the target platform. I am not sure if I am missing som...

How to use OpenEmbedded generated images

I installed openembedded and tried building a couple of images for Zaurus SL-6000 "Tosa", basically, helloworld-image and console-image. And I ended up with an angstrom-dev/deploy/glibc/images/tosa directory that contains files like this (slightly truncated from a forum post I made elsewhere): Angstrom-helloworld-image-glibc-ipk-2009.X-...

How to move from microcontrollers to embedded linux?

As a kind of opposite to this question: "Is low-level embedded systems programming hard for software developers" I would like to ask for advice on moving from the low level embedded systems to programming for more advanced systems with OS, especially embedded Linux. I have mostly worked with small microcontroller hardware and software, ...

How to develop a USB mass storage simulator in Linux?

Hi, I am new to programming USB. I want to develop a simulator in Linux for USB mass storage devices. I would be thankful to you if you share links. ...

GUI Development in Linux

Hi, Wondering what are tools out there and which is better to use in GUI development that supports ARM and X86 arch applications. thanks in advance, T3nG ...

Howto debug kernel oops on embedded system

I've got a problem with one of the serial ports on an embedded development. /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS2, and /dev/ttyS3 all work fine with no problems. But in some cases accessing /dev/ttyS1 throws the following two 'oops' messages. I've no idea where to even start tracking down the cause of this, can you help? 1st Unable to handle kernel ...

Which window-toolkit to use for embedded linux?

Hi Friends, I am using embedded-linux for device which has Arch ARMv5 Speed 266MHZ, vfpu and 32bit bus, 32MB 133 Mhz DDR Ram. can you tell me which windowing system should I use, 1).QT for embedded linux 2). Android. 3). Other!! Well, I am using microwindows for last one year and not satisfied with it as it does not have BSP (Binary...

Is qt-embedded-linux drawing library fixed point ?

Hi Friends, I am working on embedded device which does not have Floating Point Unit, I want to port QT-embedded-linux to it. So Please tell me that whether drawing library of qt has fixed-point or not? Thanks, Sunny. ...

Is there any 2D renderer library with complete fixed point support for embedded linux?

Hi SO Friends, I am working on embedded linux, Is there any open source 2D renderer available which can draw on memory, scanline based, complete fixed-point support. I work in c or cpp programming language. I know one with which satisfy my all needs that is, Google Skia which google uses in android and chrome, But I found it without...

How to make ARM9 custom device emulator?

Hi SO Friends, I am working on ARM 9 processor with 266 Mhz with fpu support and 32 MB RAM, I run linux on it.I want to emulate it on pc ( I have both linux and windows availabe on pc ). I want to profile my cycle counts, run my cross-compiled executables directly in emulator. Is there any opensource project available to create emulator...

what are active linux / embedded linux forums available online ?

Hi friends, what are other active linux / embedded linux forums available online ? Thanks and regards, Sunny. ...

application -> database <-> web app communication

Hi, I'm working on a personal project that consists of a linux dev board and temperature sensor. I'd like to see a nice web 2.0 real time plot of the tempature from anywhere in the house. Coming from hardware/driver background so i'm not very familar with databases or webservers. I'm stuck trying to figure out how i can send new tempera...

How do I calculate network utilization for both transmit and receive

How do I calculate network utilization for both transmit and receive either using C or a shell script? My system is an embedded linux. My current method is to recorded bytes received (b1), wait 1 second, then recorded again (b2). Then knowing the link speed, I calculate the percentage of the receive bandwidth used. receive utilizatio...

I have a dynamic library, how to know if it calls malloc during run-time?

Hi, I need to do networking in uCsimm, Motorola Dragon Ball. As I'm running uClinux with RTAI patch, and I need real-time performance, therefore all malloc and its friends are undesirable. I have the following piece of code for socket dynamic library. How to know that it calls malloc during run-time? When I compiled in cygwin on Windows,...

Compiling tesseract-ocr on ARM/Gumstix?

Is it possible to compile tesseract-ocr for the Intel PXA270 found in certain Gumstix boards? Has anyone done this successfully, and if so, how did you do so? ...

Is ubuntu 9.04 good choice for embedded linux application development ?

Hi Friends, I want to change linux distro my Development(Host) Machine which I use for embedded development. I cross-compile applications for many different processors. It is required for me to download different different libraries to evaluate their functionality/Performance/Stability on different devices , as well as on PC. So Is ub...

Resources to learn QT/Embedded 4.5 ?

Can you please give me Resources(Books, Tutorials, Other useful links ) to learn QT/Embedded 4.5, To get quick start in QT programming. P.S. I am quite familiar with windoing system programming and C++. ...

Taking a Screen Shot of an Embedded Linux Framebuffer

I'm running Embedded Linux on an evaluation kit (Zoom OMAP35x Torpedo Development Kit). The board has an LCD and I would like to be able to take screen shots convert them into a gif or png. I can get the raw data by doing the following: "cp /dev/fb0 screen.raw", but I am stumped on how to convert the image into a gif or png format. I pl...

Which windowing system for embedded Linux supports Hardware Overlay?

Which windowing system for embedded linux supports hardware overlay? Is it possible to add hardware overlay support in Qt for embedded Linux? ...

Reading from a block device in kernel space

Hello I am writing a kernel module and need to perform reads from an existing block device. (/dev/something). Does anyone know of any other modules that do these that I can use as reference ? Any pointers would be welcome (Linux.2.6.30) ...