MontaVista Software Launches DevRocket 6.1 Integrated IDE for Embedded Linux Development

MontaVista Software announced a new version of its Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) for embedded Linux.

Mentor Graphics announced a version of its Mentor Embedded Linux development platform that supports Freescale's PowerPC-based QorIQ and PowerQUICC processors. The multicore-ready Mentor Embedded Linux for QorIQ and PowerQUICC includes an Embedded System Builder build engine, an Eclipse-based Mentor Embedded Edge IDE (integrated development environment), and debug tools, says the company....

MontaVista Software, LLC, announced the availability of what's claimed to be the first commercial Linux distribution and toolchain optimized for ARM Cortex-A9 processors. Offered as a market specific distribution (MSD) package for MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6), the software includes a toolchain optimized for the multicore-enabled Cortex-A9 architecture, says the Cavium subsidiary....

I am running MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.1 on an embedded system. My version of this distribution doesn't seem to have ethtool available, and using mii-tool gives the following error:

SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported

Is there another alternative way to access the configuration options that ethtool provides?

An annual survey released by the Eclipse Foundation, which oversees development of the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE), shows that 32.7 percent of respondents use Linux as their primary desktop development system, an increase of almost six points from 2009.

New Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment allows developers to speed development, reduce time to market

Timesys announced that its LinuxLink development framework for custom embedded Linux devices now supports the recently announced Texas Instruments (TI) TMS320DM368 DaVinci video processor. The LinuxLink for DM368 service offers Linux development tools and a pre-integrated build environment for the ARM-based chip, the company says....

Timesys announced that its LinuxLink development framework for custom embedded Linux devices supports the Texas Instruments (TI) TMS320DM365 DaVinci video processor. The LinuxLink for DM365 service offers Linux development tools and a pre-integrated build environment for the ARM-based chip, says Timesys....

Linux is the fastest-growing Java development platform because it saves money and time by serving as a platform for both development and deployment.