Boston, MA; Embedded Systems Conference — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat today unveiled the Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite, a packaged offering that combines new versions of its embedded Linux platform, development tools, runtime technologies, and support services into a single offering designed to meet the needs of developers looking for a standardized open source platform for faster… creation, deployment, and testing of target software components for embedded devices.

The Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite includes Red Hat Embedded Linux based on the industry-leading open source Red Hat Linux operating system configured for use in embedded systems. The offering provides the developer with broad capability for different device requirements targeting MIPS, SuperH, X86, PowerPC, and ARM/StrongARM/XScale architectures.

“The demand for open source development tools and software is exploding as embedded developers from telecommunications, datacommunications, and Internet appliance manufacturers are discovering the cost, performance and time-to-market benefits inherent to open source-based embedded devices,” said Michael Tiemann, chief technical officer, Red Hat. “The addition of this packaged offering along with our custom engineering services and consulting provides a standard starting point for those developers looking to quickly integrate the benefits of a full-featured open source OS like Red Hat Embedded Linux into their development projects.”

“In a recent survey, almost half of all embedded developers responding indicated that they either use, or plan to use, embedded Linux within the next five years,” said Stephen Balacco, industry analyst with Venture Development Corporation. “These new products position Red Hat to capitalize on this opportunity.”

Key features of the Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite include:

• New version of Red Hat Embedded Linux based on the industry-standard Linux 2.4 kernel
  
• New gcc3 based versions of the GNUPro cross development tools for all architectures
  
• New GUI-based configuration tool for fine grain configuration of the targeted environment
  
• New integrated system build environment for faster and more flexible target image creation
  
• RedBoot Embedded Bootloader/BIOS for a standardized debugging and bootstrap solution
  
• glibc 2.2 libraries for all architectures
  
• Latest versions of Red Hat Linux RPM packages optimized for cross development
  
• Red Hat Network managed services for host systems developing Red Hat Embedded Linux runtime and tools software
  
• Several support service packages to choose from based on the developer needs for greater flexibility.

Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite will be available in October along with pricing.

 
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