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翻译 TTY 和 X窗口系统：在Unix上的进化史

以我自己的经验来看，刚刚接触Unix（linux）的人对终端（terminal，伪终端，虚拟终端），控制台（console），tty（电传打字机）这些概念很难一下子完全理解，尤其是这其中大部分的名称都是几十年前的概念，现在只是还使用这个名字而已，更造成理解上的不便。LinuxDevCenter的这篇文章对我理解概念帮助巨大，特地翻译希望能帮到更多人。欢迎指正。

2016-12-08 13:41:31 1138

原创 Another Way To Register I2C devices

In embedded Linux, the “classic” mean of registering a device is to add the device’s info into board within arch/ folder. There is another approach to do this, without interfering the arch/ directory b

2016-07-27 14:39:29 494

原创 Things Need To Be Done in 2016

vision 2016

2015-12-31 21:21:44 625

原创 The Creation of Process 0 & 1 on ARM Architecture

This post is used to depict how process 0 & 1 were created, based on TCC8900

2015-12-30 15:35:37 691

原创 Device Driver's Probe Routine

Who calls device driver’s probe() routine, and when? Where is probe() parameter from?

2015-12-23 11:07:17 702

翻译 Linux引导：历史和未来

引导Linux：历史和未来译自http://www.almesberger.net/cv/papers/ols2k-9.ps.gz。作者： Werner Almesberger 本文讲解了linux引导过程。相较于其它同类资料，更好的厘清了译者的疑问。请留意本文成文于2000年，因此有很多新的技术，比如ramfs，initramfs等并未包含其中。但从讲解原理的角度来看，论述已经很充分了。

2015-07-25 19:02:21 873

原创 ARM system call

1. The system call vector numbers are defined in arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h#define __NR_restart_syscall(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+ 0)#define __NR_exit (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+ 1)#define __NR_fork (__N

2015-06-08 09:27:39 1023

原创 Frequently used vi commands

hjkl: move cursorx: delete a chari: enter INSERTA: append at the end of current linea: enter INSERT after cursordw: delete wordd$: delete to EOLde: delete to EOWdd: delete one line

2015-05-28 08:55:09 434

原创 Linux process/thread in practice

This post tries to depict a inside-view about Linux process / thread. In addition to explain the relative theory / idea , you will see examples in real world. specifically, Linux 2.6.28 on ARM 11.

2015-02-06 20:34:05 636

原创 ARM Virtual - Physical memory translation

This post illustrates ARM virtual - physical memory translation. Based on TCC8900.TCC8900 built based on ARM1176JZF-S, ARM’s proprietary RISC CPU core. The ARM1176JZF-S processor incorporates

2015-02-02 16:50:28 995

原创 oops

*******************************************************************************---Below was printed at arc/arm/mm/fault.c ---> __do_kernel_fault(); ************************************************

2015-01-30 09:58:51 837

原创 TVP5150 driver&application overview

This document is used to record my understanding against camera souce code.PART 1: Hardware connectionTVP5150 TCC8900======= =======SDA | | GPIO_A1CAM_I2C dataSCL | CAM_I2C

2015-01-29 09:21:02 965

原创 SLAB layer

Anotamy of Linux SLAB layerWhat it for?============The Linux kernel provides the SLAB layer, called the slab allocator, to allocateand free frequently used data structures.Where

2015-01-16 14:13:07 727

原创 Memory related MACROs in ARM linux

TCC8900 BSP (linux 2.6.28)1) TEXT_OFFSET 0x00100000 The Kernel's start address (offset) within RAM../arch/arm/Makefile#Default valuehead-y := arch/arm/kernel/head$(MMU

2014-12-09 10:39:55 944

原创 How Linux Initializes Memory - TCC8900

This post tries to describe how Linux initializes the memory system, based on TCC8900 BSP.First of all, we need to understand the TCC8900's memory address map:(according to official chip spec)

2014-12-03 11:46:33 915

原创 TCC8935 HDMI output

This post describes how to send HDMI signal out on tcc8935.The LCDC's output can be configured to

2014-08-13 18:55:47 2082

原创 8935 CLOCK subsystem

The CLOCK system is an essential/fundamental component of any system

2014-08-08 11:50:35 1330

原创 8935 scaler&wmixer driver

TCC8935 features 4 scalars and 6 wmixers within VIOC:SCALARS:scalar 0:

2014-07-25 16:51:33 1045

原创 How Linux creates device files under /dev

This post is used to describe how Linux creates device files under /dev,

2014-07-18 11:49:42 1171

原创 How Linux Get Tags - m805-8935

bootloader完成硬件环境初始化后，在启动内核时，需要向内核

2014-07-14 13:07:35 787

翻译 Linux驱动模型 - 概览

The Linux Kernel Device Model Patrick Mochel Drafted 26 August 2002Updated 31 January 2006 Overview~~~~~~~~ 新的Linux内核驱动模型对之前内核中各种不同的驱动模型进行了统一化的工作. 目的是对bus相关的驱动做一个增强 --- 通

2014-07-11 17:50:11 560

翻译 Linux驱动模型 - 驱动程序

Device Drivers struct device_driver { char * name; structbus_type * bus; structcompletion unloaded; structkobject

2014-07-11 17:49:38 718

翻译 Linux驱动模型 - 平台设备（unfinished）

PlatformDevices and Drivers~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~新的驱动模型中有关Platform总线的接口可以参考: platform_device, 和 platform_driver. 这个虚拟总线用于连接那些简单总线上的设备。简单总线可以认为是以前SOC中集成外设的总线，或一些PC上使用的过时的连接器；做为对比，那些庞大的、正式

2014-07-11 17:49:19 606

翻译 linux驱动模型 - 设备

TheBasic Device Structure~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~See the kerneldoc for the struct device. ProgrammingInterface~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~检测到设备的总线驱动使用如下函数将设备注册到内核:int device_register(struc

2014-07-11 17:48:38 631

翻译 Linux驱动模型 - 总线

Bus Types Definition~~~~~~~~~~See the kernel doc for the struct bus_type.(include/linux/device.h)struct bus_type { const char *name; structbus_attribute

2014-07-11 17:47:08 453

翻译 Linux驱动模型 - 类

Bus Types Definition~~~~~~~~~~See the kernel doc for the struct bus_type.(include/linux/device.h)struct bus_type { const char *name; structbus_attribute

2014-07-11 17:45:11 584

翻译 Linux 内核编程指南

2014-07-11 17:43:42 2359

原创 Porting MT6620 driver to EDesk board

NOTE: Build based on Yusurf's release: v1305+patches+MT6620*******************************************************************************PART 1. compile original code: /root/EDeskYusurf/

2014-07-11 17:14:31 2028

原创 Register a panel to kernel

1. Select LCD panel by means of 'make menuconfig': device drivers -> Graphic Support -> Support for LCD panels This step generates a defination like "CONFIG_LCD_PANELNAME=y" in .config f

2014-07-11 17:11:55 882

原创 Display system in bootloader

This document depicts the bootloader's display subsystem:Part 1: related filesa. target/tcc893x_evm/rules.mk 1. (DEFINES += FLD0800 # 1024x600 /* D

2014-07-11 17:08:18 1249

原创 Android 4.2 Shutdown procedure

The shutdown procedure within Linux (based on BSP v13.05): 1. Android call __reboot( LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1, LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2,

2014-07-11 17:00:30 616

原创 How Android handles KEY_POWER?

Within axp202 device driver, the driver sends KEY_POWER to Android when user press POWER button on board, no matter that a long OR short press. while, the Android responds respectiv

2014-07-11 16:55:28 1022

原创 m805_893x memory layout

The system memory layout looks like this:Physical/Virtual addressdescriptionsizecomment80000100 - 80007FFF / c0000100 - c0007FFFATAG32KB 80008000 -

2014-07-11 16:40:46 1627

原创 Mali & UMP memory allocation

Project: Android 4.2.2 @ 8935Description:

2014-07-11 11:29:15 3505

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