The LynuxWorks Open Development Environment (ODE) includes a variety of
open-source tools and utilities, including many derived from the Free
Software Foundation's GNU family. LynuxWorks open-source tool offerings
include:

* Compile and debug tools
* Revision Control System
* Shells
* Text editors
* Other utilities


GNU compilation and debugging tools

LynuxWorks ODE distributions for both cross and LynxOS native configurations
include releases of the industry-standard gcc (v. 3.4.3) and g++ ANSI C and
C++ compilers, as well as the gas assembler, for the processor family
addressed by the tool kit (e.g., PowerPC).

Also available for LynxOS is the GNAT Pro Ada 95 Development Environment
from Adacore, which is based on mature GNU/GCC technology.

In the ODE, LynuxWorks also includes a LynxOS-integrated version of the
popular gdb source-level debugger, TotalDB (v. 6.5). To meet the challenge
of debugging embedded and real-time applications, LynuxWorks has extended
gdb capabilities in TotalDB to include:

* Multi-threaded applications debugging:
** LynxOS thread ID display
** Thread context switching
** Thread-specific breakpoints
* System and device driver debug via integration with the LynuxWorks
skdb Simple Kernel Debugger
* Remote network and serial target connections
* Cross-hosted and LynxOS native debugging
* Optional INSIGHT graphical debugger user interface


GNU versions

LynuxWorks produces LynxOS-targeted and -optimized versions of the GNU
compilers and debuggers. The LynuxWorks releases represent extremely stable
versions of the GNU technology and are backed by LynuxWorks' award-winning
technical support.

LynxOS Release LynuxWorks Version
3.0 2.7 - 97R1
3.01 2.7 - 97R1
3.1.0 2.9 - GNUPRO - 98R2
4.0 FSF 3.2.2
5.0 3.4.3


Revision Control System (GNU RCS)

The LynuxWorks ODE includes the industry-standard RCS Revision Control
System. RCS simplifies the maintenance of large software projects.
RCS supports checking in and out of project source code to and from
different branches of a tree. RCS branches can also be locked to provide
mutually exclusive access for different parts of a development team.


Shells

The LynxOS real-time operating system, even when deployed in deeply
embedded configurations, is robust and sufficiently rich in APIs that
it can easily support standard command shell interfaces. Various
open-source shells are provided with the ODE, for either native
development or deployed system command interfaces:

bash "Bourne Again" Shell; a popular Bourne shell clone
tcsh a c-shell clone
ash a smaller Bourne shell equivalent


Text editors

The LynuxWorks ODE includes several text editors for general
purpose use by software developers:

vi
The vi and ex text editors are included as the default supported
editing tools for LynxOS native/hosted development. The ODE
supports standard terminal types and under the native ODE X/Motif
PosixWorks environment also supports built-in x-terms.

GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is a popular and very sophisticated text and program
editor with numerous features targeted for software development.


Other utilities

Many the popular GNU and other open-source utilities are included
as a standard part of the LynxOS Open Development Environment.
Examples include:

bc, bison, byacc, c++filter, cmp, cpio, diff, expect, fgrep,
flex, gawk, gprof, grep, indent, info, make, nm, path, ranlib,
runtest, sed and xargs.

Download File Size:171.75 MB

---