Embedded Linux Journal
Embedded Linux Journal Contents -- May 2002
| Feature | |
| WANDER: A Portable Linux
Data-Collection System by Steven K.
Roberts and Ned Konz The Microship's computer systems come ashore as a rugged, portable data-collection unit. Here's how an SBC-based system helps scientists in the field. |
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| Update on Linux Compatible
Single Board Computers by Rick
Lehrbaum Choices in the Linux SBC market aren't just growing--they're exploding, as boards add features and power. |
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| Indepth | |
| VOCAL: Open Source VoIP
Software for Linux by David Bryan and
David Kelly Want to build an embedded Linux IP phone? Get the Vovida Open Communications Applications Library. Here's what happens behind the scenes of an SIP phone call. |
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| Writing Portable Device
Drivers by Greg Kroah-Hartman Does the driver you need work on x86 but not on PowerPC? Save yourself some frustration and first make sure that it follows some simple portability rules. Device-driver wizard Greg Kroah-Hartman explains how. |
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| GAR: Automating Entire OS
Builds by Nick Moffitt Besides your own code, your project uses free utilities, other software from the Net and maybe a fancy library or two. And you want to rebuild it all easily? Gmake Autobuild Runtime (GAR) to the rescue. |
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| BOEL, Part 2: Kernel
Configuration and Booting by Brian Elliott
Finley "Brian's Own Embedded Linux" is a small distribution that can boot from disk, CD-ROM or the Net. In the second article of a two-part series, Brian Finley covers the kernel configuration and boot process. |
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| Real Time and Linux, Part 3:
Sub-Kernels and Benchmarks by Kevin
Dankwardt In the last part of our real-time overview series, Kevin Dankwardt reviews the sub-kernel approach as used in RTLinux and RTAI and reports benchmark numbers. |
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| Contests | |
| NIC Contest Winners
by Don Marti In our second contest, winners took a humble desktop thin client and connected it to the wider world. |
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| Linux4.TV Contest
Update by Don Marti Just because it's a TV-based device doesn't mean our finalists are catering to their inner couch potato. |
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| Letters | |
| Letters by
Letters Editor What? No more MontaVista Journeyman? What about GNU cross-compiler? |
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| New Products | |
| New Products
by Heather Mead Thin Client Medallion Mini Development Kit, Zendex ZXR-x86 Embedded Controller, FASTPATH for Linux, JumpStart for Communications with Lynx OS 4.0. |
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