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Wind River Partners With Red Hat On Embedded Linux

Posted by simoniker on from the embed-this dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to LinuxDevices: 'Calling embedded Linux and VxWorks 'the standards in device software development,' Wind River today announced a dual operating system strategy that adds a newly developed embedded Linux distribution -- Red Hat Embedded Linux -- alongside its proprietary VxWorks real-time operating system.'"

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  1. What does that mean to VxWorks? by GPLDAN · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are the things that WR ships when you go to use VxWorks for your embedded system project:

    Components Included

    Development tools:

    TORNADO Integrated Development Environment
    GNU and DIAB C/C++ Compilers
    WIND VIEW system analyzer
    SNiFF+ PRO code visualization tool
    Full VxSim
    TORNADO BSP DEVELOPER'S KIT


    Runtime Components:
    VxWorks embedded RTOS
    TrueFFS flash file system
    VxFusion
    VxVMI
    VxMP


    So, how far does Linux have to come to match these tools?