
Raspberry Pi System Software Reference
Warren Gay(Author)
APress
Published on 14. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 132 pages
978-1-4842-0797-0 (ISBN)
Description
Raspberry Pi is Linux, but it's a unique flavor of Linux, specifically for the ARM-based Pi.
Raspberry Pi Software Reference
guides you through the boot process, including options for tweaking HDMI, memory, and other boot options. You'll learn the details of run levels and creating new services, and how to use the custom command vcgencmd for doing things like reporting temperature, clock speeds, and voltage. And while there are cross-compilers available for some flavors of Linux, one of the most important things you'll get from
Raspberry Pi Software Reference
is how to build your own Raspberry Pi cross-compiler on your Mac OSX, Linux, or Windows computer.
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Target group
Popular/general
Illustrations
14 s/w Abbildungen
XV, 132 p. 14 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
203 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4842-0797-0 (9781484207970)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4842-0796-3
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Warren Gay has been an electronics enthusiast since childhood and often dragged discarded TV sets home after school. In high school he learned to program the IBM-1130 and then pursued a career in software development at Ryerson Polytechnical, in Toronto. Since then he has worked professionally for over 30 years, mainly in C/C++, under Unix and Linux. Meanwhile, the love of electronics has never faded since the early creation of his home-brewed Intel 8008 system in the 70's to the present day projects employing the Raspberry Pi. Warren also holds an advanced amateur radio license and was able to work the Mir space station (U2MIR) using packet radio in August 1991.He's authored other books including Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours, Linux Socket Programming by Example, and Advanced Unix Programming.
Content
Ch. 1 - Preparation Ch. 2 -- Booting ARM Linux Ch. 3 -- Initialization: Working with Runlevels Ch. 4 -- vcgencmd: Reporting Voltages and Temperatures Ch. 5 - Linux Console Ch. 6 -- Building a Cross-Compiler Ch. 7 -- Cross-Compiling the Kernel Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Power Standards Appendix C: Raspbian apt Commands Appendix D: ARM Compile Options Appendix E: Mac OS X Tips