Migrating from VxWorks to Embedded Linux

The UBM Tech 2013 Embedded Market Study shows that nearly half of the embedded developers that responded are using a version of Linux as a current platform with 27% using Embedded Linux and more than half considering a move to Embedded Linux.
The top reasons for this interest are low cost, adaptability, available networking and driver libraries, performance, and control of features including access to source code.

The major concerns about migration from VxWorks to Embedded Linux are compatibility with the current development infrastructure, performance and real time capability, and memory usage.

This paper will:

ΓÇó Discuss the advantages to be gained by moving to Embedded Linux
ΓÇó Compare Linux architecture to VxWorks
ΓÇó Step through a high level overview of the migration process
ΓÇó List available development infrastructure and toolchains