TimeSys Corporation, a developer service provider for the embedded Linux market, has announced the latest update to LinuxLink with the release of a major, standards-based Eclipse and CDT upgrade to Developer Suite. LinuxLink is aimed at supporting the majority of embedded developers who build and assemble their own commercial-grade custom Linux platforms and leverages the benefits of LinuxLink to work with the latest versions of Linux kernels and tool chains, while simplifying every step in the development process.

This latest update, based on Eclipse 3.1 and CDT 3.0.1, is said to provide an end to end solution from kernel hacking to platform application development. Interoperability with a broad collection of third-party plug-ins in the Eclipse ecosystem addresses the primary problems and unique challenges faced by embedded developers. According to TimeSys, Developer Suite delivers an unparalleled embedded Linux solution with best of breed root file system design, system profiling and debugging.

"TimeSys has been a leader in adopting and promoting Eclipse and CDT for embedded Linux development," said Larry Weidman, CEO TimeSys. "As the Eclipse platform has matured, TimeSys has continued to innovate and extend the Eclipse platform to provide comprehensive support across the embedded Linux development project lifecycle: driver development, application development, Linux verification and platform optimization. The LinuxLink Developer Suite combines the power of an industry leading IDE solution with sophisticated web based tools for creating and maintaining Linux platforms over multiple product release cycles."

Key benefits of the Developer Suite include:

• Stable, proven support for cross-platform application and Linux driver development from Linux and Windows-based hosts
• Sophisticated root file system design tool supporting multiple file system formats and runtime package types
• Industry leading support for embedded system profiling
• Consolidated target management with support for a wide variety of remote communication protocols
• Simplified validation of Linux deployed on embedded platforms
• LinuxLink integration and validation across all TimeSys LinuxLink products