alias grep

alias grepc='grep --include=\*{h,c,cpp}'

alias grepdts='grep --include=\*{dts,dtsi}'

 

List board information in Linux

#!/bin/bash

RED='\033[0;31m'
NC='\033[0m'    # No Color

echo -e "${RED}====uanme====${NC}"
uname -a

for info in cpuinfo meminfo devices interrupts dma filesystems ioports
do
    echo -e "${RED}===='$info'=====${NC}"
    cat /proc/$info
done

echo -e "${RED}====lsmod====${NC}"
lsmod

OpenWRT basic configuration

Enable HDMI in rpi 2:

In target/linux/brcm2708/image/config.txt, hdmi_safe=1

During first start, the device is set to 'static IP mode' (192.168.1.1)

Recommend to change the DHCP network IP pool, range starts from 192.168.1.20

Config gateway and DNS to download the package:

In vi /etc/config/network (default static IP),

#router gateway IP

option gateway '192.168.1.XXX'

#config DNS

list dns '8.8.8.8'

or change to use dhcp client instead of static IP to download / update the opkg package.

Check network connection:

ping 8.8.8.8 to check whether the gateway is config properly.

ping www.openwrt.org to check whether the DNS is setup properly.

Relevant doc for Android / Linux Development

ARM v7 Reference Manual
ARM v8 Reference Manual

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GCC
DTS wiki
Make Manual
KConfig Manual
Linker Script Manual
GDB Manual
Linux Device Driver

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Repo Manual
Android Brief Manual from Google
Android Build System
Android Building Kernel
Android Porting Tutorial
Android Porting Example

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NanoPC-T3 wiki
NanoPC-T3S5P6818 Datasheet

tmux shortcut key

General Operation:

ctrl-b ?	List combination key, press q to quit
ctrl-b x	Exit curent panel / window

Panel Operation:

ctrl-b %	Split panel (horziontal)
ctrl-b “	Split panel (vertical)
ctrl-b (arrow key)	Switch panel
ctrl-b ctrl-(arrow key)	Adjust panel size per 1 unit
ctrl-b alt-(arrow key)	Adjust panel size per 5 unit
ctrl-b z	Maximize current panel (restore to original panel size if issue this key again)
ctrl-b (page up | page down)	Scroll up / scroll down
ctrl-b alt-o	Rotate panel clockwise
ctrl-b ctrl-o	Rotate panel anti-clockwise

Window Operation:

ctrl-b c	Create window
ctrl-b ,	Rename window
ctrl-b .	Rename window ID
ctrl-b (num key)	Switch window according to window ID
ctrl-b p	Switch to previous window
ctrl-b n	Switch to next window

apt-get install is locked

https://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/unable-to-lock-the-administration-directory-var-lib-dpkg-is-another-process 

sudo apt-get install ???
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Issue below command to solve the problem: 

$sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

Build Android from Source

1) Establish build environment
https://source.android.com/source/initializing

Ubuntu-16.04 64bit in VirtualBox
Increase swap size if system memory is small (e.g.: 3GB system memory with 18GB swap)
Recommend 180GB or above disk space

$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
$sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32z-dev ccache libgl1-mesa-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc unzip

[ Optional ] Install openjdk-7 for old ver AOSP (e.g. 5.x - lollipop)
$sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
$sudo update-java-alternatives -l
##set jname
$sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64

2) Download the source
https://source.android.com/source/downloading

$mkdir ~/bin
$PATH=~/bin:$PATH
$curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$chmod a+x ~/bin/repo 

$mkdir -p android
$cd android
$git config --global user.name "Your Name"
$git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
$repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-7.1.2_r27
$repo sync

[ Remark] Please ignore the following error message:
*curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404* *Server does not provide clone.bundle; ignoring.*

3) Preparing to Build
https://source.android.com/source/building

$. build/envsetup.sh

[ Remark ] Increase heap size to avoid the following error message.
Cannot connect to jack-server / heap size is small.
$export PATH=$PATH:~/.jack-server
$export JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4g"
$./prebuilts/sdk/tools/jack-admin kill-server
$./prebuilts/sdk/tools/jack-admin start-server

[ Remark ] Apply the patch first if using lolllipop version:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36048358/building-android-from-sources-unsupported-reloc-43/36073635

[Remark] Remember to clean the project after the makefile (*.mk) or configuration is changed
$make clean

$lunch
$make -j4

[ Remark ] Since pre-built libwebviewchromium.so module does NOT exist in the lollipop or previous version, it takes long time to build this module.

After success, the img can be found at:
<aosp>/out/target/product/<target>/

Display the raw FAT32 file structure

Display the raw FAT32 file structure

Only show valid content (Skip zero-filled sector)

const TCHAR devicePath[] = TEXT("\\\\.\\K:");  //Specific the devicePath.
const DWORD addrBegin = 0;                              //Specific the addrBegin. (512 byte aligned)
const DWORD addrEnd = 128*1024*1024;        //Specific the addrEnd (512 byte aligned)

Tested on removable disk only.
Might not work or require administrator right if it is a non-removable disk.

Press 'x' to break the scan progress.

Download source code here (tested in VS2015)

Frequency Used GDB commands

set args	set arguments
show args	show arguments
Run (or gdb –args <program> <args...>)	run with argument(if previous was set by "set args")
load	load the program
attach process-id (or gdb –pid <pid>)	debug an already running process
detach	release the previous attached process
symbol-file filename	Read symbol table information from file filename
i threads	Display thread
i share	Print the names of the shared libraries which are currently loaded
c	continue
b	add breakpoint
w	add watchpoint
s	step
n	next
si	step instruction
info all-registers	show all registers
i r	same as info registers
i r rax	display register rax value (HEX)
p/x $rax	display register rax value (HEX)
p/d $rax	display register rax value (signed DEC)
p/u $rax	display register rax value (unsigned DEC)
p/t $rax	display register rax value (BIN)
p/f $rax	display register rax value (Floating point number)
p/c $rax	display register rax value (CHAR)
p/a $rip	display register rip value (ADDRESS)
x /i $pc	print next instruction to be executed
p *array@len	display array content
p/x (short[2])0x12345678	display array content
x /256xb mem	examine memory, 256=repeat count, x=hex, {b=byte, h=2bytes,w=4bytes,g=8bytes}
set *((int *) mem) = value	set memory content (char, short, int, long, long long)
set *((char *) reg) = *((char *) reg) | 0x80	set peripheral register bit
set *((char *) reg) = *((char *) reg) & (~0x80)	clear peripheral register bit
l filename:function	list the source in the filename:function
l function	list the source in function
l +	list more
l -	list less
bt	backtrace
f n	select frame number n
set $f00=*object_ptr	set convenience variable
show convenience	show convenience variable
source gdbscriptFile	load GDB script file
define print_vars p var1 p var2 end	create GDB function
disas	view disassemble

BASH reference

#!/bin/bash    #tells *nix BASH should be used to run it

Special Parameters
$#    #Store the number of arguments passed from the command line
$1    #first parameter
$?    #Store the exit status of the last executed command
$_    #Print the last argument of the previous command
$$    #Return the process ID of the shell
$!     #Return the process ID of the last executed background process

${#var}    #Number of characters in $var
${#array} #The length of the first element in the array.

${para}  #same as $para. May be used for concatenating variables with strings.
${para-default},${para:-default}   #if para not set, use default
${para=default},${para:=default}    #if para not set, set it to default
${parameter+alt_value}, ${parameter:+alt_value}    #If parameter set, use alt_value, else use null string.
${parameter?err_msg}, ${parameter:?err_msg}If parameter set, use it, else print err_msg and abort the script with an exit status of 1.

The : makes a difference only when parameter has been declared and is null


$*     #* Expands to the positional parameters, starting from one. When the expansion occurs within double quotes, it expands to a single word with the value of each parameter separated by the first character of the IFS special variable. That is, "$*" is equivalent to "$1c$2c...", where c is the first character of the value of the IFS variable. If IFS is unset, the parameters are separated by spaces. If IFS is null, the parameters are joined without intervening separators.

$@    #@ Expands to the positional parameters, starting from one. When the expansion occurs within double quotes, each parameter expands to a separate word. That is, "$@" is equivalent to "$1" "$2" ... If the double-quoted expansion occurs within a word, the expansion of the first parameter is joined with the beginning part of the original word, and the expansion of the last parameter is joined with the last part of the original word. When there are no positional parameters, "$@" and $@ expand to nothing (i.e., they are removed).

For more details, please check:
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/special-chars.html

[ is a synonym for test command. Even if it is built in to the shell it creates a new process.

[[ is a new improved version of it, which is a keyword, not a program.

Conditional Expression
[expr1 -ne expr2]    #Return true if expr1 is not equal to expr2
[expr1 -eq expr2]    #Return true if expr1 is equal to expr2
[expr1 -gt expr2]    #Return true if expr1 is greater than expr2
[expr1 -ge expr2]    #Return true if expr1 is greater than or equal to expr2
[expr1 -lt expr2]     #Return true if expr1 is less than expr 2
[expr1 -le expr2]    #Return true if expr1 is less than or equal to expr2
[-z  expr]    #Return true if the expression is null or empty
[expr =~ regular_expr]    #Return true if the regular expression is matched.
[expr1 -a expr2],[expr1]&&[expr2]    #Return true if both the expression is and
[expr1 -o expr2],[expr1]||[expr2]   #Return true if either of the expr1 or expr2  is true

[-a filepath],[-e filePath]    #Return true if file exists
[-f  filepath]   #Return true if it is file
[-d directory]    #Return true if it is directory
[-L filepath],[-h filePath]    #Return true if file is a symbolic link
[-S socket]    #Return true if file exists and socket file
[-b filepath]  #Return true if file is a block device
[-c filepath]  #Return true if file is a char device

[-r filepath]   #Return true if file is readable
[-w filepath]    #Return true if file is writable
[-x filepath]    #Return true if file is executable
[-u filepath]    #Return true if SUID is set
[-g filepath]    #Return true if SGID is set
[-k filepath]    #Return true if sticky bit is set
[-s filepath]    #Return true if file exists and has a size greater than 0

Number Notation
echo $((0xFFFF))          #Hex, Display 65535
echo $((032))                 #Octal, Output 26
echo $((2#11111111))  #Binary, Output 255

Frequency Used Command
source filepath    #executes the contents of a script in the current shell