How the Nios, a RISC processor on an FPGA, came to support Linux and the GNU development tools. (more…)

Whether you're porting applications from a legacy OS, seeking better real-time performance or looking for faster time-to-market, embedded Linux distributions have a lot to offer. (more…)

NFS-mounting your target system's root partition and other techniques for rapid debugging. (more…)

The first part (in the September/October 2001 issue of Embedded Linux Journal) talked about the environment and the scope of device drivers. Now here's a step-by-step plan for writing a new driver. (more…)

Use a stripped-down C library to save space or budget for the size of glibc for compatibility? Now there's a third option: build a custom library from the original sources for the best of both. (more…)

Don announces the winners of the first Embedded Linux Journal contest. (more…)

Contests, kernel hacking, SBCs and much more to come. Contests, kernel hacking, SBCs and much more to come. (more…)

A LinuxDevices.com reader pointed out that Sharp has a new U.K. website for the Zaurus SL-5000D Linux-based PDA. The site provides specifications, operating manuals, high resolution photos, and information on the becoming part of the developer program. (more…)

Etherboot Feature Update… Users Want to Customize Products (more…)

San Francisco, CA — (press release excerpt) — Macromedia, Inc. today announced the availability of the Macromedia Flash Player 5 Source Code SDK to enable device manufacturers and embedded platform providers to quickly and seamlessly port Macromedia Flash Player to a wide range of devices and platforms. (more…)

PIXIL, REDSonic, D3 CompactPCI SBC, Red Hat Embedded Developer Suite (more…)

Levien de Braal, volunteer coordinator for the 2001 Annual Linux Showcase (Nov. 5-10), issued the following “call for volunteers” . . . (more…)

Red Hat has published an online technical whitepaper about the new ext3 journaling file system which is now available as a standard feature within Red Hat Linux 7.2 . . . (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — emWare today announced the release of the DeviceGate-E, an Linux-based embedded gateway product, along with the DeviceGate-E Development Kit. The embedded gateway is a self-contained software and hardware solution that offers manufacturers and systems integrators a fast and affordable way to add remote management capabilities to new and legacy electronic… (more…)

Boards for the Linux market offer integrated display, I/O and storage features. Michael takes a look at SBCs made by Ampro Computers, Inc., EMAC, Inc. and Team ASA, Inc. (more…)