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LINEO RELEASES LINEO uLINUX CE EDITION BSP
FOR i386 VIA EPIA-M BOARD
- Hard Realtime Support with Linux -

TOKYO, December 9 - Lineo Solutions, Inc. (Lineo), a leading provider of embedded Linux solutions, today announced the release of Lineo uLinux Consumer Electronics Edition (CE Edition) Board Support Package (BSP) for the VIA EPIA-M series, VIA EPIA-ME6000.

Tatsuya Takeuchi, CTO, Lineo Solutions, Inc. said, "For the developer of embedded Linux systems and applications, availability of the i386 board systems should provide common background for better understanding and evaluating ever developing Linux technology."

"VIA EPIA-M board is available worldwide at relatively modest price", added Akira Kobayashi, Executive Director, Engineering, Lineo Solutions, Inc., "that uLinux CE Edition BSP for the VIA EPIA-M board shall become an ideal universal platform for embedded engineers who had been working on other operating systems or real-time systems to learn and understand Linux technologies and start developing embedded Linux systems and applications."

The BSP is provided as a snap-in for Lineo "uLinux ELITE" (ELITE), Lineo's embedded Linux cross development environment.

Lineo uLinux CE Edition BSP Summary
* Small footprint/ Fast booting-time
  - ROM: 2Mbyte and above/ RAM: 2Mbyte and above
  - Kernel XIP support
  - ulibc: Reorganized and compacted glibc
* uLinux RealTime
  - Hard Real Time in Linux kernel space
  - POSIX compliant pthread I/F specifications
  - Metrics Sample (i386 Compatible EDEN CPU Clock: 600MHz/Bus Clock: 66MHz)
  Interrupt Response: 5 microseconds
  Task Latency: 4 microseconds
  Periodic Task Latency: 20 microseconds
  (Timer Clock Accuracy: 1 microsecond Jitter: 1 microsecond)
* Power Management Framework
  - Non-BIOS-based APM-related I/F support
* IPv6 fundamental support and IPv4/6 support
* Enhanced Memory Management
* Lots of Device Drivers
  - HotPlug support

Lineo uLinux ELITE Summary
ELITE
Development Host OS
Embedded Linux Integrated Development Environment
RedHat 8.0/9.0 Windows2000
Hardware Requirements
CPU
Memory
Hard Disk Space
 
Pentium4 (Recommended: 2GHz and above)
128MB (Recommended: 256MB and above)
2GB (Recommended: 10GB approx.)



Lineo Solutions, Inc.
Lineo Solutions, Inc. is an embedded solution provider with a core technology in embedded Linux operating systems that include integrated cross development tools and environment, software/hardware reference designs, and professional services. Lineo Solutions allows OEMs to create devices and systems for their products that interact with the Internet, while helping them to reduce system requirements and to attain faster time-to-market.

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