Embedded linux boards

Hi guys,

I work in a private indian University as part-time Faculty. I
handle Linux programming and Device drivers. I have been assigned a
task to start a new embedded linux training programme. I have browsed
through linuxdevices.com and other web sites to collect information
about SBC's.

I am confused about what hardware to pick up . I want to demonstrate
the development process of an embedded linux system which would cover
the following

BSP
Boot image creation
RTOS porting on target
Demonstration
Mini project
Basics of Embedded applications

Pl help me

thanx in advance

Bye

In article <1e53117.0504040504.782f657d@posting.google.com>,
[email]rag.b123@gmail.com[/email] (steve) writes:[color=blue]
> I am confused about what hardware to pick up . I want to demonstrate
> the development process of an embedded linux system which would cover
> the following
>
> BSP[/color]

Linux doesn't really have a clearly drawn BSP interface, so it is
hard to define this part of the development process.
[color=blue]
> Boot image creation
> RTOS porting on target
> Demonstration
> Mini project
> Basics of Embedded applications[/color]

Except for the BSP part, any old PC (even obsolete) can be used
to demonstrate these things: From a software point of view,
"embedded" x86 boards are not very different from an old PC
with a small harddisk (or no harddisk at all), though by sight
they do look quite different....

However, you may also want to demonstrate real cross development
for which you should select a non-x86 (e.g. ARM or PPC) target.
There are many different kinds of (typically "eval-type") boards
available to choose from. You should select one that has an
up to date Linux kernel available. I used to use boards from
SSV ([url]www.ssv-embedded.de[/url]) as well as the LART board (see
[url]http://www.lart.tudelft.nl[/url]), but I suspect that latter one is
a bit outdated by now.

Rob

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