Thread-happy telecom chip gains CG Linux

“Sun notes that the announcement “highlights the openness” of
its CMT (chip multi-threading) UltraSPARC T2 platform. At one time,
Sun was best-known for proprietary hardware and software designs,
but it has increasingly embraced open standards such as ATCA and
CGL. If the rumor is true about IBM’s intention to acquire Sun for
$6.5 billion, such openness might also make the struggling company
more attractive to IBM (see farther below for more on the
acquisition rumors.)

“Wind River announced that it was intending to port its
distribution to the CMT UltraSPARC T2 a year ago in April. As
expected, Wind River Linux 3.0 is the first CGL-compliant Linux
distribution available for CMT chips, Sun said. The company also
offers Ubuntu Linux as a pre-install option on its CMT
products.

“As reported on Monday, the newly released Wind River Linux 3.0
wraps in the company’s various vertical package variations of its
commercial Linux distro, including Wind River’s Platform for
Network Equipment (PNE), which achieved CGL 4.0 registration early
last year. Wind River Linux 3.0 offers upgrades to kernel 2.6.27
and GCC 4.3, faster boot-time, and enhanced real-time and
multi-core support. It also includes a new Kernel-based
Virtualization Machine (KVM), the company said.”

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