SW1 System Workbench for Linux

Building embedded Linux systems using System Workbench

Objectifs

Creating Embedded Linux platforms using System Workbench
Using and customizing System Workbench

	Labs are conducted on target boards, that can be:
	Dual Cortex/A7 and M4F "STM32MP15-DISCO" boards from STMicroelectronics.
	Quad Cortex/A9-based "SabreLite" boards from NXP.
	Quad Cortex/A53 and M4F "imx8q-evk" boards from NXP.
	We use the last “Ac6 System Workbench for Linux – Classic Edition" version, using a recent Linux kernel.

Course environment

Printed course material (in English)
One Linux PC for two trainees.
One target platform (i.MX6 Sabre from NXP) for two trainees
Ac6 System Workbench for Linux – Classic Edition

Prerequisite

Good C programming skills
Knowledge of Linux user programming (see our D0 - Linux user mode programming course)
Knowledge of Linux Embedded systems (see our D1 - Embedded Linux with Buildroot and Yocto course)

For those without a prior knowledge of Embedded Linux, see our D1S - Embedded Linux with Ac6 System Workbench course

Preferably knowledge of Linux kernel and driver programming (see our D3 - Linux Drivers course)

Introduction to Ac6 System Workbench

Overview

Eclipse
Kernel and modules
Platforms and Root file-systems

The build system architecture

Building individual packages
Building platforms
Building Root file-systems

Developing with System Workbench

Creating an application
Building the application
Debugging

Exercise:

Building a root file system using a pre-defined platform template

Developing applications with System Workbench

Creating a Linux program
Creating a library

Static library
Shared library

Debugging on the target

Using an SSH connection
Debugging shared libraries

Exercise:

Create a small program, with a custom shared library, and debug it on the target

Creating a Linux Platform

Creating a platform project

Importing a pre-configured platform
Creating a platform from scratch

Configuring the platform

Source and installation directories
Link to a target Rootfs
Build configurations

Exercise:

Create and configure a minimum platform from scratch, using library packages

Populating the build environment

Import packages in the build environment
Build individual packages
Build the whole platform

Exercise:

Build the platform, manually building some packages

Adding packages to a platform

From a library
From an existing Eclipse project

Exercise:

Add the previously developed application to the platform

Creating a new package

Specifying the source
Patching the official sources
Adding package-specific resources
Adding package configuration directives

Exercise:	Add a new open-source package to the platform
Exercise:	Compiling and customizing the kernel

Compiling and customizing the kernel

Kernel projects

Creating a kernel project
Selecting the architecture and configuration
Customizing the configuration
Compiling the kernel

Exercise:

Configure and compile the kernel in the platform

Module projects

Creating a module project
Linking it to a kernel project
Creating and building modules

Exercise:

Add and configure an external module

Creating a Root File-System

Creating a rootfs project

Creating the rootfs structure
Add files to the base structure

Edit standard configuration files

File systems
Initialization
Starting applications

Creating and populating the root filesystem

Linking the file system to the platform
Installing platform components
Installing libraries

Exercise:

Create the root filesystem for the platform just built

Managing Package Libraries

Creating a Library

Adding packages from a platform
Creating packages in the Library

Importing a library
Exporting a library

Exercise:

Create a library with the kernel, module and application created

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