LinuxLink subscriptions are available to all customers of popular Intel XScale processors, including the only commercially supported Linux solution for the new Intel IOP342 I/O processor.
TimeSys Corporation is to make LinuxLink subscriptions available to all customers of popular Intel XScale processors, including the only commercially supported Linux solution for the new Intel IOP342 I/O processor. Intel supplies 14-day trial subscriptions of processor-optimised LinuxLink subscriptions in its IOP342, IOP321, IOP331, IOP332 and 80219 I/O processor hardware development kits. At the end of the 14-day subscription, Intel customers will have the option to extend their subscription by choosing among flexible LinuxLink subscriptions available from TimeSys.

The LinuxLink subscriptions that Intel is supplying to developers in its hardware development kits deliver immediate access to the latest Linux port to Intel XScale processors.

This includes hundreds of cross-compiled packages, a processor-optimised cross-development environment, alerts to relevant updates and Developer Exchange access to interactive support from TimeSys, Intel, and the Open Source community.

The combination of features available exclusively through LinuxLink equips new Intel customers to immediately begin Linux development, while providing existing customers with access to the most up-to-date Embedded Linux resource for their processor.

LinuxLink by TimeSys is the first commercial offering to support the majority of embedded developers who build and assemble their own custom Linux platform by delivering on-demand access to continuously updated processor-optimised Linux and components, rich development environment, and community support.

This is a significant departure from commercial Linux vendor distributions that dictate feature sets and release schedules.

‘We look forward to equipping Intel customers with the only enablement model designed to support their efforts to create and maintain their own commercial-grade custom Linux platform’, said Larry Weidman, President and CEO of TimeSys.

Each LinuxLink subscription for an Intel XScale processor includes: hundreds of cross-compiled, ready-to-use packages validated on supported Intel XScale processors, which save weeks or months from the process of gathering, cross-compiling and testing components; the latest Linux kernel distributions from Intel, optimised and tested on supported reference boards for Intel XScale processors, enabling developers to get started out of the box with a commercial Linux solution while receiving updates and patches throughout the development cycle; processor-optimised cross-development environment with compilers, application and kernel debuggers, and platform development tools, enabling developers to focus on application development while simplifying feature, performance, and footprint optimisation for their Linux platform; and participation in the Developer Exchange for online, interactive support from TimeSys, Intel, and the Open Source community, enabling developers to leverage community expertise for help, education, technical information and best practices to support their embedded Linux project.

‘Intel Storage Group engineers maintain the Intel Xscale technology IOP branch of the Linux kernel tree’, said Mike Wall, General Manager of Intel’s Storage Group Marketing.

‘By working with TimeSys to pair our latest Linux Kernel ports with the developer resources available through a LinuxLink subscription, we are giving our customers yet another option when developing systems based on Intel I/O processors’.

The 14-day LinuxLink subscriptions are available through Intel for all new and existing Intel customers with IOP342, IOP321, IOP331, IOP332 and 80219 Intel XScale processors.

Subscriptions can be activated on the TimeSys website.

Longer-term subscription options are available directly from TimeSys.