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First Embedded Release Of 2.6-Series Kernel

Posted by timothy on from the even-numbers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LynuxWork's BlueCat Linux 5.0, based on a 2.6-series Linux kernel, is now available for public beta testing, with a projected final release date set for November. LynuxWorks claims this to be the first public availability of embedded Linux based on the new kernel. Key new features include: improved kernel preemption; 0(1) scheduler; improved POSIX threading support; Interested participants in BlueCat 5.0 beta program may apply at www.lynuxworks.com."

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  1. quite interesting ... by Dreadlord · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder if Sharp is going to use the new kernel in their next line of Linux based products, I have a Zaurus PDA and I'm quite happy with it, if the new kernel gives s better performance and stability, then I'm going for it.

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  2. Re:Contrast with kernel reviewed by Dedicated Syst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    How about this little gem:
    Why did we test Red Hat Embedded Linux 7.2 in our RTOS evaluation program, although Red Hat and the Linux community clearly states that Linux is not meant to be used in real-time environments?
    A lot of our readers explicitly asked for it. However Linux is not an RTOS! The reader should keep this in mind when going through the results published in this report.
    Did you even read that article or do you make a habit of comparing apples to oranges? To pull up such a obscure link as a First Post leads me to the conclusion that you much work for QNX.
  3. Re:NO - Legitimately Curious by hubie · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Have you looked at ecos and RTLinux? I think there were one or two others but they don't come immediately to mind.

    I can't say much about LabView and CE.NET, but I do work with VxWorks and it is easy to develop for and has a reliable performance. On the other hand, you pay alot for the licenses. We're doing R&D stuff and we just can't keep VxWorks in our budget (we just want to upgrade our processor board and it would run us something like $7k-$10k). We're considering other OS options and I would be interested in any other observations you have. If I am correct, one of the things that is appealing about QNX is that for our R&D work the license would essentially be very cheap or free (I think you don't pay until you want to use it commercially, if I recall correctly).

  4. Re:Why bother? by NullProg · · Score: 3, Informative

    At this point it's almost no price competition with Linux - anyone looking at selling 1,000 devices can afford spending 3 grands on corporate licenses.
    Drug dealers always give their wares away pretty cheap at first too. $3000 is about the size of my bonus last year. I'm glad the boss gave it to me instead of Microsoft.

    Can Linux development provide the same level of support
    Yes, we have boxes in the field which have been running over three years without problems. We only spent one month (me) on the initial development. What support are you talking about?

    and you explain the problem, then they prepare the patch.
    Using Linux we haven't had to patch anything.

    it's safer to choose the one that consumers would be pleased with
    The tvio users might argue with you on this. Our customers (enterprise) don't care what is in the box, just that it works.

    Enjoy,

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