Linux-c6x 0.7.2 Release

This release has the following features

This third release ( called linux-c6x-0.7.2 ) is an "Engineering Preview" or "Technology Demonstrator". This release is complete enough to begin the life of the project in the open. We also demonstrate Inter Processor Communication using SysLink


 * Linux kernel v2.6.34
 * uClibc v0.9.30.2
 * busybox v1.17.1
 * Inter Processor Communication using SysLink
 * Ethernet Bootloaders
 * Support for running multiple kernels on multiple cores
 * New drivers such as i2c, Serial RapidIO and Shared EMAC.
 * Support for new peripherals such as EEPROM and NAND

This release uses an alpha release of the The Texas Instruments toolchain. It also uses some scripts and utilities that make the TI compiler appear more like GCC for C language and command line options. Late this year there will be a alpha version of a full GCC based toolchain being developed by Codesourcery. For more see Compilers and Debug Tools.

This release consists of


 * Support for the following devices
 * EVMC6472
 * EVMC6474
 * DSK6455
 * EVMC6474L
 * EVMC6457


 * A set of images for the kernels in both little and big endian that can be found at


 * Little and Big Endian min-root filesystems which can be used to set up an NFS filesystem can be found at


 * Little and Big Endian filesystems which can be used to run LTP can be found at


 * The Bootloader source and tarball can be found at