Chapter 35

The Target System

WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?

  • Understanding the Board Support Package (BSP)
  • Examining bootloaders
  • Understanding the OEM Adaptation Layer (OAL)
  • Using the Kernel Independent Transport Layer (KITL)

In Chapter 6 the BSP was introduced, Chapter 26 introduced the bootloader, and Chapter 27 covered the BIOS bootloader. This chapter takes a deeper look at the BSP and its components, the bootloader, OAL, and KITL. A custom OAL IOCTL is implemented.

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