Abstract
Curiosity is human nature. In a grand scheme of things, people might wonder how the universe got started, to which those folks who discovered the gravity wave know better than to ask. But on a much smaller scale, if you are just curious to understand how the embedded systems got started, this chapter can help.
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Notes
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Depending on the processor type and compiler version, the actual output might be slightly different from what is demonstrated here.
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genromfs package needs to be installed if it is not readily available.
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It could also be mkfs.cramfs on some Linux systems.
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squash-tools needs to be installed.
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The mtd-utils package needs to be installed to make the make.jffs2 command available.
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This command needs to be built from source code if it is not readily available.
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Kernel source code and mtd-utils source code are needed to build the ubifs utilities.
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Gu, C. (2016). Power On and Bootloader. In: Building Embedded Systems. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1919-5_2
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