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Embedded Linux Consortium Officially Launched

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-standards dept.

Joshua Lamorie writes: "Rick Lehrbaum, the guy behind www.linuxdevices.com, and involved with the PC/104 Consortium has put together a group of heavy hitters from both the embedded world and the Linux world. The press release came out today, and lists the committee members. Also, on the Web site, there are archives of discussions about the creation of the ELC. This adds to the growing excitement about Linux in embedded systems over the past couple of months."

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  1. Embedded Linux by robr · · Score: 4

    When I can telnet into my microwave, I'll be happy.

    robr ~:$ telnet microwave.lan
    Trying 10.31.33.7...
    Connected to microwave.lan
    Escape character is '^]'.
    login: root
    password:
    root@nuker ~:# cook 10s cold_pizza
    root@nuker ~:# logout
    Connection closed.

  2. Embedded Linux - wrong answer? by Animats · · Score: 4
    I'm not that thrilled about "embedded Linux", especially for real-time work. Wrong tool for the job. You usually want a real-time OS, like VXworks or QNX. There's RT/Linux, but it's an awful hack; the real-time processes run unprotected in kernel mode.

    There's a real need for an open-source real-time protected-mode operating system, but Linux, or any UNIX variant, isn't it. L4 has real potential, but it's not finished yet. Already you can run Linux on top of L4. If you're into embedded open-source real-time, get behind L4 and push.