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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025

COMP.CE.460

Embedded Linux Drivers, 5 cr

Tampere University

Description
Completion options

Teaching periods

Course code

COMP.CE.460

Language of instruction

English

Academic years

2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027

Level of study

Advanced studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Esko Pekkarinen

Responsible teacher:

Panu Sjövall

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Computing Sciences Studies 100 %

Core content

Principles of real-time operating system
Linux operating system
Building Linux on standard platforms using basic tools
Debugging Linux
Developing Linux device drivers
Virtual memory
Interrupt handling
Prototyping and simulation tools

Complementary knowledge

RTOS implementations
Kernel space development
Yocto build system for custom platforms
Typical kernel-space bugs
Boot and run time driver loading
Virtual and physical memory mapping
Delayed processing
Measurements

Specialist knowledge

Selecting RTOS for a specific purpose
RT-Linux
Building Linux for SoC-FPGA
Studying Kernel Panic by stacktrace
Linux Device Tree
Minimizing memory access latency
Hardware assisted interrupt processing
Real-time performance benchmarking

Learning outcomes

Prerequisites

Recommended prerequisites

Further information

Equivalences

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

Approved exercises, presentation, and acting as an opponent; and an optional final exam.

Completion of all options is required.

Exam

No scheduled teaching

Participation in teaching

Lectures (English)

26.08.2024 – 08.12.2024