To preserve the benefits of Linux as a development platform while addressing the need for customized versions of Linux, not to mention special-purpose non-Linux kernels, Red Hat Systems has taken a ...

IEEE and The Open Group have released POSIX version 1003.1-2024. The UNIX standard includes many extensions, new functions, options and tools. POSIX is divided into four parts. The basic definitions ...

The quest for compatibility and portability is a perpetual challenge in embedded systems. While many systems today have adopted real-time operating systems (RTOS), each is unique and different enough ...

Every RTOS has its own proprietary API, but some also support the POSIX standards. Here's a look at the parts of POSIX that apply to real-time systems. In today's computing systems, it is becoming ...

Newport Beach-based Mindspeed has gained Linux real-time operating system (RTOS) support in a deal inked with LynuxWorks, an embedded software provider. Mindspeed's Voice-over-IP (VoIP) processors now ...

The ELC initiative for a unified open platform for embedded Linux (the ELC Platform Specification) is a watershed event for the embedded industry. One of the most tantalizing promises of Linux for ...

There's a big bad bash bug out in the Unix world called Shellshock, and it is pretty serious. Bash is a ubiquitous bit of software; a command interpreter, or "shell," that provides a basic ...

To preserve the benefits of Linux as a development platform while addressing the need for customized versions of Linux, not to mention special-purpose non-Linux kernels, Red Hat Systems has taken a ...