TimeSys says it will ship a version of Linux compliant with the Open Source Development Lab Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 2.0 specification before September. The OSDL's CGL specification defines features and functionality required by equipment running Linux in the telecommunications market.

TimeSys expects to be one of the first companies — possibly the first — to ship a product compliant with the CGL 2.0 specification, released last October. “Others have announced their intent; but we've put a stake in the ground by announcing a date,” noted Mike Bauer, TimeSys vice president of product marketing.

TimeSys does not ship a separate CGL product, but instead integrates CGL features into its mainstream Linux product, reasoning that high availability, reliability, and other features demanded by the CGL spec are desirable to customers in its other target markets, which include industrial control, defense, and aerospace. As a result, Bauer says, TimeSys supports CGL on more architectures than anyone else. Current TimeSys Linux distributions support CGL 1.1, and are available as board support packages for 80 specific boards, 40 chips, and six architectures, including IA-32, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, SuperH, and XScale.

“TimeSys is again taking a leadership role in making the Linux operating system the number one choice for new deployments in the telecommunications industry with their support of CGL 2.0,” commented Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL.

TimeSys joined the OSDL in June of 2003.

 
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