Operating systems in general
Difference between Standalone App and OS
source SUZAKU SoC Design.pdf
Standalone Applications
User application is only program run on uP
Direct access to all system resources
Uses C library provided by Xilinx
Compiled by Xilinx's modified GCC (mb_gcc)
Fast, simple, only Xilinx toolchain reguired
Limited function: no server, no IPC, etc.
User must handle all communications
Applications with OS
OS (e.g. uClinux) loaded first into uP
User application run as a normal program under the
OS OS and user application all compiled using cross development tools
Complicated and may have
OS everheads
Feature rich: all you can get from an
OS User applications access hardware resource throught APIs included in the
OS
Others operating systems
Distribution
