Chapter 1
About This Book
1.1 Audience
This document is targeted to individuals who will port the i.MX Linux BSP to customer-
specific products.
The audience is expected to have a working knowledge of the Linux 3.0 kernel internals,
driver models, and i.MX processors.
1.1.1 Conventions
This document uses the following notational conventions:
• Courier monospaced type indicate commands, command parameters, code examples,
and file and directory names.
• Italic type indicates replaceable command or function parameters.
• Bold type indicates function names.
1.1.2 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
The following table defines the acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.
Definitions and Acronyms
Term
Definition
ADC
Asynchronous Display Controller
address
translation
Address conversion from virtual domain to physical domain
API
Application Programming Interface
ARM
®
Advanced RISC Machines processor architecture
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