Linux Appliance Design: A Hands-on Guide To Building Linux Appliances
by Bob Smith /
2007 / English / PDF
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Modern appliances are complex machines with processors,
operating systems, and application software. While there are
books that will tell you how to run Linux on embedded hardware,
and books on how to build a Linux application, Linux Appliance
Design is the first book to demonstrate how to merge the two
and create a Linux appliance. You'll see for yourself why Linux
is the embedded operating system of choice for low-cost
development and a fast time to market.
Modern appliances are complex machines with processors,
operating systems, and application software. While there are
books that will tell you how to run Linux on embedded hardware,
and books on how to build a Linux application, Linux Appliance
Design is the first book to demonstrate how to merge the two
and create a Linux appliance. You'll see for yourself why Linux
is the embedded operating system of choice for low-cost
development and a fast time to market.Linux Appliance Design
Linux Appliance Design shows how to build better
appliances-appliances with more types of interfaces, more
dynamic interfaces, and better debugged interfaces. You'll
learn how to build backend daemons, handle asynchronous events,
and connect various user interfaces (including web,
framebuffers, infrared control, SNMP, and front panels) to
these processes for remote configuration and control. Linux
Appliance Design also introduces the Run-Time Access library,
which provides a uniform mechanism for user interfaces to
communicate with daemons.
shows how to build better
appliances-appliances with more types of interfaces, more
dynamic interfaces, and better debugged interfaces. You'll
learn how to build backend daemons, handle asynchronous events,
and connect various user interfaces (including web,
framebuffers, infrared control, SNMP, and front panels) to
these processes for remote configuration and control. Linux
Appliance Design also introduces the Run-Time Access library,
which provides a uniform mechanism for user interfaces to
communicate with daemons.
Learn to:
Learn to:Separate your user interfaces from your daemons Give user
interfaces run time access to configuration, status, and
statistics Add professional network management capabilities to
your application Use SNMP and build a MIB Build a web-based
appliance interface Build a command line interface (CLI) Build a
framebuffer interface with an infrared control as input Manage
logs and alarms on an appliance
Separate your user interfaces from your daemons Give user
interfaces run time access to configuration, status, and
statistics Add professional network management capabilities to
your application Use SNMP and build a MIB Build a web-based
appliance interface Build a command line interface (CLI) Build a
framebuffer interface with an infrared control as input Manage
logs and alarms on an appliance
Companion CD includes a prototype appliance-a home alarm
system-that supports the book's lessons.
Companion CD includes a prototype appliance-a home alarm
system-that supports the book's lessons.