mathematician1975

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I am a former postdoctoral research mathematician, and now a C++ software developer on Linux and Windows.

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22 Questions

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What filesystem offers best protection for securing data against corruption due to power loss?

may 17 at 0:33 jlliagre 7,600

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Is using a read only root file system a good idea for embedded setup?

embedded ram readonly root-filesystem buildroot

jan 11 at 22:14 Renan 8,326

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Is making /etc directory read only a bad idea?

embedded initramfs readonly etc

jan 30 at 0:52 Gilles 139k

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Can hardware be accessed directly from user space?

linux drivers hardware

jul 19 at 9:12 cjm 8,476

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Can I use a chroot on my dev machine to build an application to run on embedded linux installation?

embedded libraries gcc dynamic-linking g++

jul 13 at 13:16 mrb 2,788

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Confusion with how to restore corrupt ext3 files if power outage occurs during a file write

embedded data-recovery ext3 fsck

mar 22 at 10:12 mathematician1975 377

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Using ramfs on embedded system

embedded initramfs

jan 14 at 15:01 Marcin 516

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Can I detect if my custom made kernel was built with module support?

linux kernel kernel-modules

jul 17 at 21:43 Gilles 139k

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Does uClibc support using pthreads?

embedded multithreading buildroot

mar 18 at 16:43 Community♦ 1

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Is it safe to just copy shared libraries onto embedded Linux device?

linux embedded dynamic-linking cross-compilation

jul 10 at 23:49 Gilles 139k

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lsmod returns nothing on my embedded device

drivers kernel-modules embedded module

jul 10 at 11:06 Ulrich Dangel 11.1k

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What considerations need to be made when choosing the version of kernel for an embedded device?

kernel drivers linux-kernel embedded

may 8 at 11:46 Anthon 3,260

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How can I disable IPv6 in custom built embedded setup

networking linux-kernel embedded ipv6 ipv4

mar 22 at 15:50 bahamat 9,685

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Custom application running on embedded device - do I need to register my listening port in /etc/services?

networking services socket

mar 20 at 11:09 Flup 1,600

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Is it a bad idea to not have a swap partition on an embedded linux setup?

linux embedded swap initramfs

mar 1 at 13:59 vonbrand 5,480

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Installing GRUB from scratch

boot grub boot-loader x86

jan 5 at 12:32 Max 427

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Building GCC inside a chroot from source

libraries chroot gcc development

jul 16 at 16:10 mrb 2,788

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Unable to get embedded device to ping anything on the network

networking ip embedded busybox buildroot

feb 28 at 15:08 mathematician1975 377

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Is /etc/resolv.conf needed when using a static IP address?

networking ip routing busybox

feb 26 at 9:12 mathematician1975 377

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Colour is not working with ncurses on target embedded system built with buildroot

embedded ncurses buildroot

feb 18 at 9:11 mathematician1975 377

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What happens with /etc/fstab when using an initramfs?

embedded fstab initramfs syslinux buildroot

jan 25 at 16:25 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 11.5k

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Installing a .ko module on an embedded Linux system that does not support modules

linux hardware kernel-modules embedded gcc

jul 20 at 15:11 Kevdog777 537