Real-time Friendly Linux for Communications

Enea Linux v3.0 provides the best in class Linux support for customized hardware
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, and LINUXCON, Japan – May 30, 2013 – Enea® (NASDAQ OMX
Nordic:ENEA), is today announcing Enea Linux v3.0 - a comprehensive cross
-development tool chain and runtime environment with guaranteed performance and
quality of service (QoS), flexible support offerings, worldwide support and
maintenance, and expert professional services.

Enea Linux v3.0 features the latest available release of the Yocto ProjectTM,
v1.4 “Dylan”, which brings significant improvements in terms of decreased build
-times, support for Linux kernel 3.8, plus Enea's automated test framework
“ptest”. Ptest integrates test suites from all open source projects whose
applications are used in Yocto, and makes it possible for Yocto to dramatically
increase the amount of tests that are performed on the Yocto Project Linux
packages.

Commercial open source tools packaging

Enea Linux 3.0 provides a commercial grade packaging of the open source tools
that engineers actually use. It comes as a set of EclipseTM plugins accessible
directly from within the familiar EclipseTM environments. This includes using
the cross-compiler for application development, debugging and profiling target
applications, rebuilding file systems images and running QEMU (a generic and
open source machine emulator and virtualizer) simulations.

What about real-time?

Enea has a long history of optimizing the real-time performance in embedded
systems, especially within networking, and provides kernels in several different
flavors in Enea Linux 3.0, with different characteristics for different use
cases:

  · Vanilla - an unmodified kernel from kernel.org or derivate without behavior
-altering patches or configurations applied, such as the PREEMPT_RT patch or the
nohz/dynamic tick patch.
  · PREEMPT_RT - an established patch series that attempts to lower latencies by
slightly altering behavior of a set of core functions in the kernel.
  · Core isolation and dynamic tick - a very effective way to isolate one or
more cores to do low latency and high throughput tasks by partitioning CPU cores
in a multicore system.

Enea Linux allows for several run-times to co-exist and Enea offers several
different alternatives depending on the use-case, which may or may not run in
core isolation. One example is the “LightWeight RunTime” by Enea - a run-time
with user-space threading using an Enea OSEck® API. It offers very fast context
switching, and is a perfect choice for programs that are already written or will
be written in a standard RTOS-like paradigm with threads and message passing
between them.

Contributions to ARM and the Linaro community

Linaro is the place where the world’s leading technology companies define the
future of Linux on ARM, and Enea’s membership in the Linaro Networking Group
(LNG) reinforces the commitment to ARM and the networking space. Being an
independent Linux vendor catering to the top telecom equipment manufacturers in
the world, Enea sees Linaro and the LNG as obvious catalysts for the businesses
of its Linux customers, and a means for Enea to contribute to the entire Linux
community. With one exception, Enea is the only embedded Linux distributor who
participates in the Linaro work.

The Best Linux Support for Customized Hardware

As an independent software vendor, Enea has close co-operation and technical
alignment with leading hardware manufacturers, ensuring that the software
solutions are optimized for the best silicon architectures in the market. All
service options come with on-site, bridge or off-shore delivery options.

Enea Linux Customization

Enea Linux is released as a set of packages on a particular kernel with a set of
features, but Enea offers full customization abilities for customers with
specific demands and Enea Linux may be altered in many ways:

  · Add more programs, either third party or open source.
  · Alter how the kernel or specific packages are configured, or alter the
entire distribution configuration.
  · Extend or otherwise alter the selection of packages that Enea offers.
  · Stream-line the distribution, the kernel or specific packages for specific
needs or goals, for speed, for size or for other metrics.

Enea also offers a range of service commitments, from turn-key customized
software development services and board engineering, to development and porting
of drivers.

For more information visit www.enea.com/linux or contact:
North America and Europe
Catharina Paulcén, SVP Marketing & Communications
Phone:  +46 8 507 141 33 or email: catharina.paulcen@enea.com

Asia Pacific:
Fredrik Sjöholm, Vice President of Software Sales Asia
Phone: +46 8 507 140 00 or email: fredrik.sjoholm@enea.com
About Enea
Enea is a global vendor of Linux and Real-time operating system solutions
including middleware, tools, protocols and services. The company is a world
leader in developing software platforms for communication-driven products in
multiple verticals, with extreme demands on high-availability and performance.
Enea’s expertise in operating systems and high availability middleware shortens
development cycles, brings down product costs and increases system reliability.
The company’s vertical solutions cover telecom handsets and infrastructure,
medtech, automotive and mil/aero. Enea has offices in Europe, North America and
Asia, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm AB. For more
information please visit enea.com or contact us at info@enea.com.

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