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First Multivendor Embedded Linux Standard Nears

Posted by timothy on from the committee-meeting-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Embedded Linux Consortium's board of directors has started the clock on final review of version 1.0 of the ELC Platform Specification, according to an announcement sent to the ELC's members. The draft spec was completed by the platform spec working group in late October, triggering a 45-day review period that will culminate in a vote cycle authorizing public distribution of the world's first Embedded Linux standard."

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  1. This is absolutely vital... by JKR · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I've worked with several companies in the embedded field (including medical and automotive applications.) Standardisation is something that would help a lot of companies in this field, particularly if it reduces the uncertainty over embedded device support (e.g. non-PC serial port UARTs, LCD panel support, etc.).

    I hope one of the first things they look at is a standard for kernel modularisation that improves on the current kernel config scripts. Configuration management of an embedded linux system is very poor compared to, e.g. eCOS.

    Jon.