One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

Embedded Linux systems are becoming increasingly common due to their superior accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and ...

The term “embedded Linux” belongs to the category of distributions used in embedded systems, i.e., specialized electronic devices, which are part of a larger system to be controlled, designed for a ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

Companies selling Linux for embedded devices take one step back and one forward as once-hot Embedix is acquired by Motorola and rival MontaVista gets $28 million from Toshiba. Stephen Shankland worked ...

its first specification in an attempt to ensure that Linux for "embedded" devices such as cell phones or karaoke machines conforms to certain guidelines. Because Linux is an open-source software ...

Real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux each bring their own advantages for embedded-systems designers. With an RTOS, designers can build deterministic multi-threaded applications with low memory ...

USB 2.0, about forty times faster than conventional USB, makes its debut in Linux 2.6. The high speed USB devices support device bandwidth of up to 480 megabits per second, compared to 12 mbit/sec of ...

Recently, the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) announced their intention to establish a "single unified specification for an embedded Linux platform" to be known as the "ELC Platform Specification". I ...

Linux is the default environment for most software developers and is a popular choice for many embedded solutions. But one of Linux’s greatest strengths, and to some extent its biggest challenge, is ...