Building Embedded Linux Systems

Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition

The Linux TCP/IP Stack: Networking for Embedded Systems (Networking Series) (Networking Series)

Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition)

Linux for Embedded and Real-Time Applications (Embedded Technology)

Networking And System Administration

Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing

Format: Paperback
Author: Craig Hollabaugh
ReleaseDate: 07 March, 2002
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Rating:

not enough info to be usefull
I would recommend other books such as "building Embedded Linux Systems". the book does not contain enough information to be usefull.

Great Reference, Odd Story format
The author covers USB device integration quite well, and gives a well worded approach to mounting and setting up your own usb-devfs. This book is clearly the best reference I have for embedded projects under linux; future and present inclusive.
Along with clear examples, the author mainly tries to format the text from an on-lookers prospective to an "embedded ski lift monitor" project- i. e. "My data from working along-side the team" Great effort there-
Another pro to this book is that there are many code samples (all but one I got working, first try) that keep the flow of the book geared towards a beginning hardware-level programmer, with teach by example in mind.
The biggest down side to the text is the beginning material about setting up the workspace environment. A friend tried the same book, and had much trouble simply because they didn't know what pitfalls to expect when installing Debian. Although, the setup does allow for multiple-processor compilations of source code. A Great plus, and another reason for me using the book as a reference.

Out of all the good and bad, this book earned the 4 star rating and with honors. If you want a place to begin embedded systems, and aren't weary of installing a fresh copy of an older model of Debian, have at this book!
Hope this helps-.

Slightly Out of Date but still well worth the purchase
His scripts are also now modified to point to the new locations. As of 4/2004, the book relies on a free distribution of Hard Hat linux that is no longer available on Montavista's site (as they charge $25K for a single seat, I guess they felt they were giving too much away ;-) HOWEVER: Hollanaugh has copies of them with all of his scripts on his site, so look for them there. Though even this distribution is somewhat out of date, this book does a pretty reasonable job of getting you through it all. I found finding free (useful, current) distributions of embedded linux very hard to find but eventually did. . Check out www. denx. de and store. yahoo. com/snapgear/snemlidi. html for current multiplatform distributions. The denx distribution ELDK appears to have morphed from the original Hard Hat distibution as many of the utilities still exist, I used this and was able to "generally" follow along. It's a more recent distribution and supports more platforms (at least for the PPC). I would definately repurchase this book again. .
His site is:
http://www. embeddedlinuxinterfacing. com/overview. shtml.