MontaVista Software has announced the immediate availability of a MIPS evaluation Linux Support Package (LSP) for MontaVista Linux Professional Edition (Pro), based on the 2.6 Linux kernel and MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.1 applications and tools. Earlier this year, MontaVista announced availability of a 2.6-based evaluation version of MontaVista Pro for Intel x86 platforms, including the generic x86-586, IA32- Pentium II and IA32– Pentium III.
This latest evaluation release is based on the MIPS Malta LSP and provides MontaVista customers currently working on a MIPS platform the opportunity to try out the new 2.6 kernel. This evaluation release includes existing applications originally developed for the current release of Pro 3.1, which is based on the 2.4.20 kernel. It is available to all current MIPS customers of MontaVista Linux, and can be downloaded from the MontaVista Zone™ of the company’s Web site at www.mvista.com/support/
With this new version of Pro, MontaVista offers MIPS developers many of the advanced features of Linux kernel 2.6, while providing them with the tested stability of existing quality products.
New features include:
o High Resolution Timers
o KGDB (kernel debugger) Support
o Interrupt Latency Measurement
o Linux Trace Toolkit
o Configurable System V Semaphores
o Cross-Development Build Enhancements
This MontaVista Pro evaluation allows MIPS customers to continue the development work they have begun on the 2.4.20 kernel and provides them with a complete and compatible environment to test their applications on the new kernel. The evaluation version is designed for use with both Windows and Linux-hosted cross-development tools.
Sorry Guys never heard about this distro. Care to educate anyone, Is this related to MEPIS, is it a embedded linux distro.
Montavista is the largest embedded developer in the linux space. It’s not a “distro”, but rather a custom hardware-software integrator of open source solutions based on real-time linux