Embedded software development with eCOS (with CD-ROM)

The developers one-stop solution to creating low-cost, royalty-free embedded software solutions with Red Hats eCos.

• Shows readers how to save thousands of dollars and hundreds of programming hours by effectively using the open source eCos environment from market leader Red Hat!
• Part of the Perens Open Source Series.
• Foreword by Michael Tiemann, Red Hat CTO and a leader in the open-source software movement.

Embedded Software Development with eCos shows developers and managers the advantages of using eCos -- the Embedded Configurable Operating System from Red Hat - over proprietary or commercial embedded operating systems. As an Open Source solution, eCos provides a low-cost, royalty free option for embedded software development. Anthony Massa shows how eCos, and the eCos development environment, has all of the features and functionality to meet the needs of almost all commercial embedded system requirements. Massa provides an understanding of how to use the open-source licensing and royalty free nature of eCos in order to eliminate high startup and per unit costs associated with many of the proprietary real-time operating systems on the market today. Embedded systems are operating systems that must operate with a very small footprint (usually less than 100KB of space) and must be self-contained. Most companies use either proprietary solutions or expensive commercial solutions. eCos is the first powerful, royalty-free Open Source solution, from Red Hat.

Anthony Massa is a professional embedded systems developer with over 4 years experience using eCos. He developed hardware, firmware, and device drivers around a variety of different processors, and worked on the design and development of software--ranging from firmware to applications--for numerous different successful products including satellite PC receiver cards, set-top boxes, satellite modems, and Internet-enabled wireless modems.

Bruce Perens is the former Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader who was instrumental in getting the system on two U.S. Space Shuttle flights. Bruce is currently working with the Hewlett-Packard Corporation as a senior strategist dealing with Linux and Open Source

Foreword. Preface. 1. An Introduction to the eCos World. Where It All Started-Cygnus Solutions. The Origins of eCos. Architecture Overview. Summary. 2. The Hardware Abstraction Layer. Overview. Summary. 3. Exceptions and Interrupts. Exceptions. Interrupts. Summary. 4. Virtual Vectors. Virtual Vectors. Summary. 5. The Kernel. The Kernel. Summary. 6. Threads and Synchronization Mechanisms. Threads. Synchronization Mechanisms. Summary. 7. Other eCos Architecture Components. Counters, Clocks, Alarms, and Timers. Asserts and Tracing. ISO C and Math Libraries. I/O Control System. Summary. 8. Additional Functionality and Third-Party Contributions. Compatibility Layers. ROM Monitors. File Systems. PCI Support. USB Support. Networking Support. SNMP Support. The GoAhead Embedded WebServer. Symmetric Multi-Processing Support. Additional Features. Summary. 9. The RedBoot ROM Monitor. Overview. RedBoot Directory Structure. Installation and Configuration. User Interface and Command Set. Summary. 10. The Host Development Platform. Overview. Configuring the Windows Host. Summary. 11. The eCos Toolset. Packages. The Configuration Tool. Other eCos Tools. Building the eCos Tools. Additional Open-Source Tools. Summary. 12. An Example Application Using eCos. The eCos Build Process. Examples Overview. RedBoot. ECos. Application. The eCos Tests. Simulators. Summary. 13. Porting eCos. Overview of Porting. A Platform Porting Example. Summary. Appendix A. Supported Processors and Evaluation Platforms. Appendix B. eCos License. eCos License. GNU General Public License. Appendix C. Cygwin Tools Upgrade Procedure. Appendix D. Building the GNU Cross-Development Tools. About the Author. Index. About the CD-ROM.