Mountain View, CA — (press release) — K Computing and the RTC Group have again teamed up to provide hands-on Embedded Linux training. The training will be held at the Silicon Valley Conference Center, in San Jose, California from January 29 through February 1st (4 days).

This hands-on workshop walks the participants through the steps involved in customizing a Linux environment to support an embedded or real-time application. The tools and software used focus on software that is available on the Internet free of charge.

Topics include: making Linux fit in a small amount of memory, creating a system image, building a complete root file system, working with device drivers, working with libraries, using reduced sized versions of Linux software such as Busybox and embedded web servers, the GNU tool chain, and real-time options with Linux.

The real-time software used includes such things as RTAI, RTLinux, and Linux/RK. In addition, real-time features and issues such as low latency patches, improved preemption, deterministic scheduling, priority inversion, quality of service, and kernel space versus user space are covered.

The workshop includes the use of GNU tools, using a webserver for the user interface, and a discussion of the offerings from various embedded and real-time Linux vendors.

After attending this workshop, attendees will be able to build a demonstration “Internet Enabled Appliance” that boots off of a floppy and supports remote management via an embedded webserver or other means. In addition, attendees will be able to make informed decisions about the options for real-time applications with Linux. Attendees will go home with a customized version of Linux.

Each attendee will receive a CD containing a complete Linux environment, and will build a bootable floppy that contains a complete small-footprint Linux system. While not required, attendees will benefit from prior Linux experience.

The workshop will be led by Dr. Kevin Dankwardt. Dr. Dankwardt is founder and President of K Computing, a Silicon Valley training and consulting firm. He has spent most of the last nine years designing, developing, and delivering technical training for such subjects as Unix system programming, Linux device drivers, real-time programming, and parallel programming for various organizations world-wide. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science, in 1988.

Sign-up for the workshop here. Further information is available here.

 
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