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First Embedded Release Of 2.6-Series Kernel 18
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."
Re:Contrast with kernel reviewed by Dedicated Syst (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Contrast with kernel reviewed by Dedicated Syst (Score:2, Informative)
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
Re:NO - Legitimately Curious (Score:3, Insightful)
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
quite interesting ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:quite interesting ... (Score:1)
Re:Why bother? (Score:1, Insightful)
Shut up with your "Any Key" and "My Windows won't print my AOL e-mail" complaints, that stuff used to be outsourced before (Software Spec
Re:Why bother? (Score:4, Informative)
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,
Re:Why bother? (Score:1)
Even yesterday, when I asked about support for CE.Net 4.1 for our BSP (board support package), they stated that they would only support 4.2
At least with Linux, *we* can decide when to move from one version to the next!
Who uses them? (Score:2)
Nothing against the bluecat product, which seems very good, but why would you use it? Linux is free, and since their goal is embedded systems, I would assume the company has engineers on staff that can handle all the support issues, and configuring the system. With an embedded system you normally have a lot of work to do yourself to fit the system into your own hardware anyway, so roll you own seems like a no brainer decision.
Blue Cat has been around for a while, so appearently somebody is buying this.