Getting Started with QNX Neutrino - QNX Software Systems

© 2009, QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG. Seeking professional help
Seeking professional help
So you’ve got a problem. . .
RTFM
No matter how good a developer you are, there are times when you:
• get stuck with a problem you can’t solve
• encounter a bug and wish to report it and/or find a workaround
• need assistance with your design.
In this chapter, we’ll look at the resources available when you face these problems.
We’ll talk about the first two problems together, because it’s often hard to tell which
problem you’re actually experiencing.
Something no longer works, or doesn’t work as expected. What should you do about
it?
Read the fine manual! While this may seem like an obvious first step, it’s amazing the
number of people who don’t do this!
All the manuals for the Neutrino operating system are online:
• Building Embedded Systems
• Library Reference
• System Architecture
• Technotes
• User’s Guide
• Utilities Reference
• Audio Developer’s Guide
• Programmer’s Guide
• DDKs
• Photon Documentation (multiple volumes)
Building Embedded Systems
Building Embedded Systems contains all the information you’ll need to “embed”
Neutrino — that is, to get a Neutrino system up and running. It has chapters on the
development environment (how to compile, link, and debug a Neutrino program),
building images (how to get a system image created, how to embed this image into a
deeply embedded system, how to get it “running” on a supported platform), and some
design notes.
April 30, 2009 Appendix: B • Calling 911 305