MontaVista Software announced its first carrier-grade Linux support for PowerPC processors. The initial PowerPC processors being supported by MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) include IBM's PowerPC 440GX, 440GP, and 750FX processors, which are being used in telecommunications, networking, and network storage applications, MontaVista said.

According to MontaVista, its CGE 3.0 OS is fully compliant with the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) Carrier Grade Linux Specification Release 1.1.

The first commercially available PowerPC board supported by CGE 3.0 will be Force Computers' PowerCore CPCI-690, which is based on IBM's 750FX PowerPC processor, the company said.

“MontaVista Software, IBM, and Force Computers have been key drivers in the Carrier Grade Linux initiative,” commented OSDL CEO Stuart Cohen. “OSDL lauds this new drive to expand the scope of carrier-grade Linux into newer architectures and applications.”

 
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