Embedded Linux Market Survey ends soon; please vote now -- LinuxDevices.com's fourth annual Embedded Linux Market Survey is coming to a close, so vote now if you wish your voice to be heard by the many industry decision makers, market analysts, and developers who read and are influenced by this important study. The brief survey -- just 17 questions -- probes developer preferences and industry trends. Over the last four years, the survey has become an important resource for the embedded Linux industry and community.
Migrating device drivers to Linux kernel 2.6 -- This whitepaper is the second in a series on using the new Linux 2.6 kernel. Authored by TimeSys senior product manager William von Hagen, the articles in this series place special emphasis on the primary issues in migrating existing drivers, applications, and embedded Linux deployments to a Linux distribution based on the 2.6 kernel.
The art of writing Linux utilities -- Linux is famous for coming with a large toolbox and good ways to integrate tools. In this article, Peter Seebach discusses the Unix tools philosophy, how new tools are developed, and how to make a one-off program into a utility you could be using for years to come.
Embedded Linux monitors, automates semiconductor fabs -- ErgoTech has launched an embedded Linux based device for SEMI Equipment Communications Standard (SECS) monitoring over the Web in semiconductor fabrication plants. The small "ErgoSIS" unit offers SECS data management as well as factory automation and enterprise integration components.
Modular, open, telco "Call Server" runs embedded Linux -- European telecommunication equipment supplier Iskratel has chosen Carrier Grade Linux and a modular, open-standards-based hardware platform from Intel for its SI2000 Call Server (CS), a softswitch that serves as the "nerve center" of its next-generation platform for Class-4 and Class-5 telecommunications services.
Documenting your project with Eclipse -- The Eclipse development platform includes its own help system based on an XML table-of-contents that references HTML files. What isn't immediately obvious is that you don't have to write Eclipse plug-ins to use it. Any project can use a cut-down version of the platform to provide professional, easy-to-use, and searchable documentation. This how-to walks you through the basics of documenting your project with Eclipse.
Improvements in kernel development from 2.4 to 2.6 -- IBM's developerWorks has published an excellent article about how the process of developing and testing the Linux kernel has changed since the 2.4 release. The author maintains that the new development process is actually the new kernel's most important "feature."
Developing Java OSGi aps for PDAs and other embedded Linux devices -- This sample chapter from the book "Enterprise J2ME" introduces OSGi programming and provides two complete example applications that run on PDA devices. The Open Service Gateway initiative (OSGi) framework provides a Java technology-based lightweight (fully J2ME-compatible) container for dynamic software components. It handles the interactions between components and allows developers to remotely manage the entire application life cycle, including over-the-network deployment and updating. The OSGi framework was originally designed to fit the needs of pervasive devices, which need to run a variety of different software and to be managed remotely.
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