Linux Operating System; Introduction; Software Resources - Embest SBC8600B Quick Start Manual

5 Linux Operating System

5.1 Introduction

This chapter will introduce the Linux software system of SBC8600B through
the following topics:
 Introducing the software resources provided along with SBC8600B
 Introducing the software features.
 Introducing the creation of a development environment, system
development, driver principles and development.
 Details of system updates.
 Notes for the use of system.
 Introducing the development of upper layers.
Note:
 It is recommended to refer to Error! Reference source not found. for details
of Ubuntu Linux installation and learning about embedded Linux development
technology before you get started.

5.2 Software Resources

This section provides an overview of the software system components of the
SBC8600B. A basic software system consists of four parts: x-loader, u-boot,
kernel and rootfs. Figure 8 shows the structure of the system:
spl u-boot kernel
Software System Structure
Figure 8:
rootfs user area
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