Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo recently completed porting uClinux to the Motorola ColdFire MCF5272 processor. Lineo has worked closely with Motorola on each of the new ColdFire processors to ensure that uClinux is available as the first Motorola development boards hit the streets. Almost the entire Motorola ColdFire range of microprocessors (including 5206e, 5307, and the powerful 5407) are now supported by uClinux, which ships as standard with many of Motorola's Development Boards. This particular port is based upon the new Linux 2.4 kernel and is not a branch but rather a direct derivation of the mainstream Linux.

uClinux is the world's leading free Linux distribution for embedded development on MMU-less systems. uClinux is a good choice for any developer because of an impressive array of processor ports in conjunction with having hard real-time extensions, extensive tool chains, and widespread industry acceptance. Most Linux applications run with little or no modification under uClinux. Developers may download for free the entire uClinux suite of tools, including sample binaries.

 
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