Embedded Linux Special

• Optimization for fast booting
  • Fast calibration
  • Fast IDE probing
  • Profiler
• Minimized kernel image
  • Removing unused kernel code
• Minimized file system
  • Compressed kernel
  • Minimized C library : uClibc
• Remote debugging
  • Remote debugging via serial line
  • Remote debugging via network line

Embedded Linux Platform

• CPU architecture : x86, ARM/StrongARM (with/without MMU), MIPS
• Linux variant : Linux/ARM, uClinux, RT-Linux

Boot Loader

• General boot loader
  • Common boot loader structure for every architecture
• Network support
  • UDP/IP communication
  • BOOTP/DHCP support
  • TFTP support for download image via network
  • Booting from network
• IDE support
  • IDE hard disk support (CHS, LBA)
  • Booting from IDE device (HDD, CDROM)
• PCI support
  • PCI configuration handling
• Serial Flash support
  • Burning image into serial flash
• Flash support
  • Support CFI compatible parallel flash
  • Burning image into parallel flash
• Filesystem support
  • Filesystem recognization
  • Reading file from filesystem
• Other functionalities
  • Serial communication
  • Interrupt handling

Graphics

• MicroWindows
• Frame Buffer
• OSD library