ADS SBC's with Linux

Embedded Linux and ADS Move to the next generation of XScale, with power management with ADS

Embedded Linux on Monahans Move to the next generation of XScale, with power management with ADS

Embedded Linux with uBoot Great way to start and load your Debian distribution

CRAMFS This popular embedded file system fully supported on ADS SingleBoard Computers

EABI ADS has released EABI support for ARM. Dramatic perfrormance improvements possible.

Embedded Linux on PXA270 Power managed and off the shelf

CRAMFS For Embedded Linux SBC's

Debian CRAMFS is a root file system that is derived from the Debian distribution and is trimmed down to fit (compressed) in a partition in on-board flash as small as 15MB. This size can be reduced further by removing the demo programs and associated data that are included in this distribution.

The ADS Debian CRAMFS image uses x11 (XFree86) as its GUI and includes several demo programs that run under x11. Many common x11 shared libraries are included in the JFFS2 root, including those necessary to run gtk programs.

Unlike the ramdisk and JFFS2 distributions, the CRAMFS is read- only with some exceptions which are loaded into RAMFS temporary file systems. Since the CRAMFS distribution also includes a JFFS2 partition, you should try to shut it down cleanly before removing power from the board.

The advantage to the CRAMFS distribution is that, in the event that the JFFS2 file system does get corrupted or otherwise become unmountable, the rest of the system will still be intact because it is read-only. Only the "shadowed" files will be reverted to their previous/default contents. For more information, log onto the Support Forums.

Links to the files can be browsed at CRAMFS.

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