Re: Which is freely available Embedded Linux (including tool chains)?

From: Floyd L. Davidson (floyd_at_apaflo.com)
Date: 08/02/05 

Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:00:31 -0800

"sivam" <sivam.groups@gmail.com> wrote:
>The Best way to go on embedded linux is to use the open source linux
>instead of going to commercial linux.

There is no such thing as "commercial linux". There are commercial
distributions, but the Linux kernel is open source, and any version
of it that is distributed in any way *must* also be open source.

>www.kegel.com/crosstools is the

  http://kegel.com/crosstool

I didn't look at it, but it sounds good. Another example is to
download the Linksys toolchain (actually developed by Broadcom)
for MIPS development, or get it from any of the third parties
offering firmware for the Linksys wireless routers.

Note that while that is specific to that platform, it is
actually rather generic, and could easily be adapted to one or
more other platforms. As it comes it can handle either MIPS or
x86 targets, and can use either the uClibc or glibc libraries
for the target. The host is restricted to Linux, and was
written for an x86 based host but it probably would not be hard
to convert it to some other Linux platform.

>place where u cld get tool chains. In most of the commercial linux
>including Montavista they give automated scripts to install the linux
>and they will have some optimised kernel for real time performance and
>with technical support. 

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson            <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                         floyd@apaflo.com

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