RE: [tlug] OT: Please educate me...

["Abe, Rena" <Rena.Abe@example.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Morrison [mailto:jake_morrison@example.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:53 AM
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: RE: [tlug] OT: Please educate me...
>
>
>
> Rena,
>
> Embedded linux has a couple of areas that would not come up
> for a normal Unix programmer or administrator, even if they had a
> lot of experience:
>
> Experience programming Linux device drivers (the parts that let the
> Linux kernel talk to the hardware, particularly custom hardware used
> in specialized devices). This is quite specific to Linux, though
> experience writing other Unix device drivers or other embedded
> systems programming is helpful.
>
> Experience with rather low-level system initialization details, e.g.
> how the system loads itself off of the hard disk in stages.
> In embedded systems there are specialized loaders which work from
> flash memory chips and special file systems (disk formats).
> Most normal programmers or systems administrators just work with
> the standard grub or lilo boot loaders. People with experience setting
> up
> servers with high-availability/clustering would tend to
> understand this
> better
> than average.
>
> Experience with embedded CPUs, e.g. ARM or MIPS. These are
> common in the embedded world, but not the standard Unix world.
>
> Deep experience with the Linux development toolchain, e.g. the C
> compiler (gcc) and other components like binutils/glibc and how build
> them on
> a development machine (host) for use with the embedded computer
> (target).
> Most programers are happy to just use the compiler installed
> on the system and don't build it themselves unless they really care
> about
> the latest support for language features.
>
> If the position requires selling WindRiver's enhanced Linux
> development
> tools, then the candidate would need to thoroughly understand the
> existing development environment on Linux and its
> strengths/weaknesses.
>
>
> And, as others have mentioned, Linux evangelism experience is
> probably a plus.
>
> Real hackers and systems programmers love to get into these kinds of
> details, but generic Unix/Linux experience as a programmer or systems
> administrator might not get there.
>
> If you see someone with Linux From Scratch on their resume (or, to
> a lesser extent, Gentoo Linux), then you are getting close.
> But you are
> really looking for people who write Linux device drivers for fun :-).
>

Dear Jake,

You really educated me here.  BIG HELP!!!!!
I need to re-start my search, but worth it!

Thank you,
Rena

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