[U-Boot-Users] Congratulations, Wolfgang made it to space
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8137978310.html
/Linux blasts off in U.S. tactical satellite/
"The PowerPC CPUs are running a modified version of the DENX ELDK 3.1 Linux 2.4.25. The bootloader is U-Boot 1.1.2."
Very cool stuff. gvb
"The PowerPC CPUs are running a modified version of the DENX ELDK 3.1 Linux 2.4.25. The bootloader is U-Boot 1.1.2."
To boldly go where no u-boot has gone before?
In message 45898061.2070205@smiths-aerospace.com you wrote:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8137978310.html
/Linux blasts off in U.S. tactical satellite/
"The PowerPC CPUs are running a modified version of the DENX ELDK 3.1 Linux 2.4.25. The bootloader is U-Boot 1.1.2."
Very cool stuff.
Yes, that's really cool indeed.
But I have to correct you're subject line: its not me who made this, it's we all here contributing to this and other Free Software projects. Without such a great community neither U-Boot nor Linux nor the ELDK would exist. I'm just a small piece in this puzzle, and as some of you know all too well I'm too often more a bottleneck than a help.
So all I can say is: Thanks to all of you folks who contribute to all these projects and make such things possible with Free Software.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
Wow !! This is a exciting story for me, as I have been working on embedded Linux for 6 years, (mostly ARM linux, just moved to PPC Linux 6 month ago). To be honest, i am kind a feeling bored on embedded Linux. I thouht it probably going nowhere. I've never thought Linux could make to the space, since I was an Aerospace enineer before and i know VxWorks is the dominant RTOS in that area. Congrat. on Wolf Gang and those who put linux into space !
Merry christmas and happy new year.
lei
On 12/20/06, Wolfgang Denk wd@denx.de wrote:
In message 45898061.2070205@smiths-aerospace.com you wrote:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8137978310.html
/Linux blasts off in U.S. tactical satellite/
"The PowerPC CPUs are running a modified version of the DENX ELDK 3.1 Linux 2.4.25. The bootloader is U-Boot 1.1.2."
Very cool stuff.
Yes, that's really cool indeed.
But I have to correct you're subject line: its not me who made this, it's we all here contributing to this and other Free Software projects. Without such a great community neither U-Boot nor Linux nor the ELDK would exist. I'm just a small piece in this puzzle, and as some of you know all too well I'm too often more a bottleneck than a help.
So all I can say is: Thanks to all of you folks who contribute to all these projects and make such things possible with Free Software.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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thouht it probably going nowhere. I've never thought Linux could make to the space, since I was an Aerospace enineer before and i know
Linux in space is not really new.
Unless I am mistaking, this is not the first time Linux has made it into space, I seem to remember some presentation on FOSDEM or possibly within the DSP Valley framework where an engineer from Verhaert presented their new system (replacing an older one), but was now running Linux. As far as I remember though (tm). There is another company (Newtec) that is involved with ESAT satellite design that is using Linux (AFAIK).
But nothing relevant about the bootloader, so I'll be flamed about being OT :-"
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