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Introducing The New Embedded Linux Spec

Posted by timothy on from the howdja-do dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article at LinuxDevices.com provides an overview of the recently approved Embedded Linux Consortium Platform Specification (ELCPS). The new standard is likely to accelerate the adoption of embedded Linux as a platform within smart devices and systems of many shapes and sizes."

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  1. Expensive... by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you want to call your platform ELC-approved, you need to pay a licensing fee.

    It just doesn't seem like it's worth the hassle.

    Does the consortium have a suite of automated tests that can verify that the platform was implemented correctly? If not, this is still a lot of smoke and mirrors, especially so because people have been making embedded Linux devices for quite a while based on their own needs (Tivo).

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