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The document contains questions related to various topics in embedded systems and operating systems. Some of the topics covered include: - Differences between processes and threads, real-time operating systems and general purpose operating systems, semaphores and mutexes, I2C and SPI protocols. - Storage classes in C, inter-process communication mechanisms in QNX and Linux, shared memory, embedded board booting sequences. - Debugging techniques such as using GDB, system calls, real-time operating system selection and crash debugging. - Questions also cover GRUB bootloader, MLO vs IPL, modifying the MBR, bit binding in I2C and differences between various real-time operating

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The document contains questions related to various topics in embedded systems and operating systems. Some of the topics covered include: - Differences between processes and threads, real-time operating systems and general purpose operating systems, semaphores and mutexes, I2C and SPI protocols. - Storage classes in C, inter-process communication mechanisms in QNX and Linux, shared memory, embedded board booting sequences. - Debugging techniques such as using GDB, system calls, real-time operating system selection and crash debugging. - Questions also cover GRUB bootloader, MLO vs IPL, modifying the MBR, bit binding in I2C and differences between various real-time operating

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Ques 1.Write a macro to swap the nibbles in the word ?

Ex:0x1234 output:2143
http://www.cprogramming.com/snippets/source-code/macro-to-swap-nibble-of-byte
http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/swap-two-nibbles-byte/
Ques 2.Differance between macro & micro Kernel.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4537850/what-is-difference-between-monolithic-
and-micro-kernel
Ques: what you observed difference between QNX & Linux
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-QNX-and-Linux
Ques: Difference between Semaphore & Mutex
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-mutex-and-a-semaphore
http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/mutex-vs-semaphore/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/62814/difference-between-binary-semaphore-
and-mutex
Ques: difference between processes and thread
http://net-informations.com/faq/net/thread-process.htm
http://www.programmerinterview.com/index.php/operating-systems/thread-vs-
process/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/200469/what-is-the-difference-between-a-
process-and-a-thread
Ques: diffrence b/w RTOS & GPOS
http://www.geekinterview.com/question_details/60142
http://www.circuitstoday.com/gpos-versus-rtos-for-an-embedded-system
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-differences-between-RTOS-and-GPOS-in-
application-levels-If-I-removed-some-applications-which-I-dont-need-in-GPOS-then-
will-it-become-RTOS-like-ATM-machines
Ques: What is the difference between I2C & SPI
https://bitwizard.nl/wiki/SPI_versus_I2C_protocols
http://www.how2ans.in/2015/03/i2c-vs-spi-synchronous-serial-protocol.html
Ques: How will you choose which protocal to be used on board communication?
Ques: Diff types of storage classes and details of each storage class
http://cs-fundamentals.com/c-programming/storage-classes-in-c-and-storage-class-
specifiers.php
Ques: different IPC mechanisms in QNX & Linux
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/differences-similarities-qnx-linux-leela-manohar
Ques: Discussion on Shared Memory
http://www.csl.mtu.edu/cs4411.ck/www/NOTES/process/shm/what-is-shm.html
http://www.makelinux.net/alp/035
Ques: Roles & Responsibilities in the project
https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/biens-property/sngp-npms/bi-rp/conn-know/rh-
hr/roles-eng.html
Ques: What is greb loader
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB
http://www.slashroot.in/linux-grubgrand-unified-bootloader-tutorial
http://www.golinuxhub.com/2014/03/what-is-grub-boot-loader.html
Ques: Embedded board Booting sequence
http://blog.techveda.org/arm-linux-booting-process/
https://www.embeddedrelated.com/showarticle/118.php
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15696258/what-is-the-bootloader-and-startup-
code-in-embedded-systems
https://bits4device.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/embedded-system-boot-process/
Ques: Diff b/w MLO & IPL
http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/660/index.jsp?topic=
%2Fcom.qnx.doc.am.embed_browser%2Ftopic
%2Fembedbrowser_generate_MLO.html
Ques: Who will provide MBR and is it possible to modify
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Coping-with-the-UEFI-Boot-Process
http://superuser.com/questions/376547/how-to-manually-edit-the-mbr-to-recover-
lost-partition
Ques: Debugging techniques.
http://www.romux.com/tutorials/embedded-system/embedded-system-debugging
Ques :What is Bit Binding in I2C protocol
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt?
v=4.4
https://www.embedded-bits.co.uk/2009/i2c-in-the-2632-linux-kernel/
Ques: How system call causes change from user to kernel space
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24176570/how-does-a-system-call-travels-from-
user-space-to-kernel-space-and-back-to-user
https://www.quora.com/How-does-System-Call-return-data-back-to-user-space-in-
Linux-Kernel
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/95876/user-space-to-kernel-space-
transition
Ques: Which RTOS worked on. Difference between various OS/RTOS
https://www.robomart.com/blog/real-time-operating-system-rtos/
http://www.circuitstoday.com/gpos-versus-rtos-for-an-embedded-system
http://www.electronicshub.org/real-time-operating-system-rtos/
Quies: How to chose RTOS for a consumer product
http://www.righthandtech.com/os-selection.php
https://barrgroup.com/Embedded-Systems/How-To/RTOS-Selection
http://embedded-computing.com/articles/choosing-right-rtos-life-death-decision/
Ques: How to debug crash. Gdb
https://betterexplained.com/articles/debugging-with-gdb/
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/gnu_debugger/gdb_debugging_example1.htm
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5115613/core-dump-file-analysis

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