If anyone knows Linux kernel driver development, it's Greg Kroah-Hartman, who's been working deep in Linux for over a decade. In this interview, Greg talks about how the Linux project has accommodated the accelerating rate of change for the kernel, and offers some insight on where Linux is headed, writes the blog.
ARM launched its Android Solution Centre today, created as a resource for designers and developers of ARM technology-based products running on Android, the open-source platform from the Open handset Alliance, writes David Manners.There has been increasing interest in developing for the Android platform. The Motorola Droid is the latest entrance into the smartphone-on-Android market and an explosion of Android phones and applications is expected.
The LiMo Foundation is heralding the launch of the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1, the second LiMo-compliant device built upon LiMo Platform release 2, writes editor Richard Wilson.
One for the record books? Distributor Acal Technology has samples of what is claimed to be the world's smallest, self-contained Linux networking server. It fits in an an extended RJ-45 connector, believe it or not.
Just to share what was new to me - Intel has an Open Source Software landing page on its website, bringing together different elements of its coverage: Moblin developments, tools and resources, events, multimedia, developer content, project contributions, etc.
Thanks to Dawn Foster, on the Intel Software Network, for flagging this one - a Linux Kernel Roundtable with Linus Torvalds, J.E.J. Bottomley, Jonathan Corbet, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Ted T'so, and Chris Wright.
Happy to flag this one for your attention - the Share project. It's slogan is: "Improving European embedded systems industry through open source SW sharing.""SHARE is a project (co-funded by the European Commission FP7) with the aim to facilitate open source software code sharing and utilisation within the embedded system domain, creating a nurturing environment for applications and solutions to be developed on OSS middleware, and paving the way for new business models and services."
Vodafone's 360 H1 handset manufactured by Samsung is the first commercial mobile phone running the release 2 of the LiMo operating system.
Just noticed this interesting blog that considers the question who writes Linux? And which companies have done most to support it? Answers are provided by the Linux Foundation.I was excited to see that the Linux Foundation just released an update to their Linux kernel study. This study has some interesting insights into the work that goes into each revision of the kernel along with some information about the people and companies supporting this work.You can read the full document (PDF) - Linux Kernel Development (How Fast it is Going, Who is Doing It, What They are Doing, and Who is Sponsoring It: An August 2009 Update)
For example, there are 4-5 kernel releases per year and recent releases have contained over 9000 changes (patches) per release, which breaks down to 4-6 changes to the kernel per hour. The most recent kernel in the study had over 11 million lines of code. This is a huge effort, especially for something that started off as a little hobby.
Check out this update to the site: Andy Lunness of STMicroelectronics gives a presentation at Electronics Weekly Live on the costs, as well as benefits, of Linux for embedded design.The mobile software world is evolving at a rapid rate buoyed by the infusion of open source principles, methodologies, philosophies and licensing. While this is exciting and invigorating, it is also giving rise to a number of issues - some new, while others give us a sense of "déjà-vu".
Didn't expect to be writing about Microsoft in this blog, but here we are. A bit late flagging this, from last week... but even Redmond is seeing the benefit of Open Source.More Android developments to flag, as Google's venture into an Open Source mobile platform gains some momentum.Mentor Graphics announced its acquisition of Embedded Alley Solutions as a key component of its Android and embedded Linux strategy Wednesday afternoon at the Design Automation Conference.
Mentor also announced the integration of its Nucleus Graphical User Interface tool with the ARM Mali graphics processing unit; it announced the availability of a Linux and Nucleus operating-system combination for the Marvell Sheeva MV78200 dual-core embedded processor; and it said that it is extending Embedded Alley's Android mobile-applications platform to support Freescale Semiconductor's QorIQ and PowerQUICC III processors.Read the full article >>
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Hans Juergen Rauscher is one of Wind River's most experienced Systems Architects. Based in the 'Munich' office in Ismaning, he joined Wind River in 2000 to work with some of the best-known telecoms and networking brands in the world, helping to integrate Wind River Linux for Carrier Grade applications, his main area of expertise within Open Source. 'HJ', as he is inevitably called by his English colleagues, is a keen writer and an avid motorsports addict - as anyone who's survived being driven by him will attest to.
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Richard, of Wind River, has been in the embedded software industry since leaving University in 1994. He worked at a major electronics manufacturer developing set-top boxes for Digital Satellites, focusing on Board Support Packages and Device Drivers for the pSOS+ Real-Time OS. He joined EST Corp, a JTAG tools company in 1999, before it was acquired by Wind River. He now participates in presenting Wind River Linux training courses.
One of Richard's main claims to fame is a series of U-Boot ports to various boards. Richard has used and explored Linux since 1996. He lives on the south coast. Besides 'anything Linux', Richard lists photography among his interests and took the self-portrait you see here!
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Mark Day is Wind River's youngest Technical Account Manager. He joined Wind River at just 24 in 2007 to work with some of Europe's top robotics and telecoms manufacturers, integrating customised open-source packages and providing customer service to tailor Wind River Linux and VxWorks to customer specs. Mark also demonstrates Wind River Linux to device design teams that are considering going Open Source in their next project. Plus he's unstoppable on the rugby pitch!
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