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CE Linux -- 1 Year Old And Growing Fast

Posted by timothy on from the put-that-in-your-electronic-pipe-and-smoke-it dept.

An anonymous reader submits "The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) celebrated its one-year anniversary today by releasing its first Specification and Reference Implementation. The Specification is a 67-page document aimed at guiding system developers interested in creating or extending individual technologies in Linux for use in consumer electronic (CE) devices. The Reference Implementation is a fully patched source tree supporting nine target boards. CELF is an industry consortium founded by Sony and Matsushita, and chartered with steering the development of a version of Linux for use in embedded CE products."

10 comments

  1. It would be nice to see.... by XaviorPenguin · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ....more Linux PDA's out in the market besides the Sharp Zaurus EL 5500. That has Embeddix (Linux version for the PDA). If Linux takes hold on the PDA Market, Microsoft might have a run for its money! :D

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  2. acronym by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    hmmm.... something better than WINCE. LINCE? no good. I've got it!

    GRIMACE: the GNU something something something something Consumer Electronics.

    and now to just think of the rest of the words...

    1. Re:acronym by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1

      I vote for LiCE. "Sticks to you like a used hat!" :-P

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  3. Embedded Linux. by torpor · · Score: 1

    If you have to look at it to notice its there, its not embedded enough.

    The strength of embedded linux is its invisibility, not its market share.

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    1. Re:Embedded Linux. by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 1

      True, it's best not to let non-techies hear the word 'Linux'. They run. I know a few that did.

      However they should find some way of advertising the (possible) interconnectivity and compatability of these devices. Maybe someday your watch will be able to talk to your video and TV via your cellphone attached to your PDA. This can probobly be done already by a tech head with too much time on his hands.

      Considering Sony are involved, will this mean that the next playstation will run on embedded linux? Maybe a small sony distro embedded?

      MS is already moving down the embedded devices market with Home media center I think.

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  4. Uhh - CE is not like windoze CE, dippy... by Shoeler · · Score: 2, Informative

    CE - Consumer Electronics - is not even remotely about handhelds. Considering how Sony just cancelled their Clie, I seriously doubt their membership in this organization is about handhelds.

    What I see its potential use is for things like Home Audio receivers, DVD players, etc that could really use technologies like firewire for sending the entire audio and video stream across a single cable, and then making it available on your network.

    Tell me that wouldn't be cool - and to have the Sony quality and use my sony remote. ^_^

  5. Much Like uClinux by william_lorenz · · Score: 3, Informative

    This sounds much like uClinux, which specifically targets boards without MMUs (memory management units). uClinux already runs on tons of target boards and platforms, including older Cisco 2500 / 3000 / 4000 routers. It's commonly used on smaller embedded devices, such as the Actiontec Dual PC Modem and Linksys WRT45G.

    1. Re:Much Like uClinux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      MMUs are in the CPU not the board. Anyway CPU without a MMU is pretty useless as it couldn't address any Memory or use periperals.