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| Industry | Internet,Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | Menlo Park, California (September 7, 1998)[1] |
| Founder | Jim Ready |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Ravi Gupta (CEO) |
| Products | MontaVista LinuxMVShield |
| Owner | Private equity investors |
Number of employees | Over 250[2] (March 9, 2021) |
| Website | www |
MontaVista Software is a company that developsembedded Linuxsystem software, development tools, and related software. Its products are made for other corporations developingembedded systems such asautomotiveelectronics,communications equipment,mobile phones, and other electronic devices and infrastructure.
MontaVista is based inSanta Clara, California and was founded in 1999 by James "Jim" Ready (formerly atMentor Graphics and creator ofVersatile Real-Time Executive (VRTX)) and others. On November 10, 2009Cavium Networks announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase MontaVista for $50 million. After Cavium got acquired by Marvell, Montavista operated as an independent entity.[3]
May 12, 2009, MontaVista announced MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6) comprising Market Specific Distributions, MontaVista Integration Platform, Software Development Kit, MontaVista Zone Content Server, and support and services. There are several differences between MVL6 and prior MontaVista Linux products. The main ones are:
MontaVista Linux (formerly namedHard Hat Linux) is aLinux distribution that has been enhanced to become a fullreal-time operating system. The work on real-time performance has since continued to a point where MontaVista claims to supporthard real-time tasks on embedded Linux as of MontaVista Linux 4.0, with response times as fast as other real-time operating systems.[4]
MontaVista sellssubscriptions, which consist of software,documentation, andtechnical support. The software includes aLinux kernel andtoolchain aimed at a specific hardware configuration, collectively called aLinux Support Package (LSP), and other integrated tools including theEclipse-based DevRocketintegrated development environment (IDE).[5] The distribution is available in three editions, each aimed at differentmarket segments:Professional Edition,Carrier Grade Edition, andMobilinux.[6] The MontaVista Linux toolkit includes specific code libraries to easily migrate fromWind River Systems'VxWorks and thepSOS operating systems.
Project OpenCGX is an open and free to use embeddedLinux distribution from MontaVista Software LLC. OpenCGX is based on MontaVista's eleventh generation Carrier Grade Linux. Engineers can quickly jumpstart theirARM andx86 development with a full embedded Linux distribution that is easily customizable. OpenCGX in its introduction is based onYocto 2.4 withLinux Kernel 4.14 (or latest LTS kernel) andGNU 7.2 toolchain.
Carrier Grade eXpress (CGX) is an operating system equipped withCarrier Grade Linux (CGL) specifications.
MontaVista Linux CGX 5.0, the 15th generation of MontaVista's Carrier Grade Linux, is based on theYocto Project 5.0 and theLinux kernel 6.6 LTS. It supports major CPU architectures, including x86, ARM, PPC, MIPS, and RISC-V.[7]
MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) is a commercial-grade Linux development platform for developers working withreliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) managed hardware (Hardware Platform Interface (HPI),Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)) or custom hardware, who need long-term support and high availability.[8]Carrier Grade Linux is governed by theLinux Foundation CGL working group.
MontaVista DevRocket is a set ofEclipseplug-ins for facilitating application and system development with MontaVista Linux. DevRocketintegrated development environment (IDE) runs on Linux,Solaris andWindows. It uses the EclipseC++ Development Toolkit (CDT). Starting with DevRocket 5.0, users can add MontaVista's plug-ins into an existing Eclipse installation, or install Eclipse with the plugins already loaded.[5]
MontaVista Linux is being used in applications within IT and telecom that need to be certified according toCommon Criteria, up toEAL4+ level. Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+) is commonly used to secure connectivity in critical environments, such as fire and police departments, or aviation and industry control systems. With the help of EAL4+ these critical environments can, for example, ensure secure and safe phone calls, control communication in-flight and for the assembly line, and achieve secure internet access.
MontaVistaMobilinux is for wireless handsets and other mobile devices such asGlobal Positioning System (GPS) devices, portable medical devices, and wirelessPOS terminals. Mobilinux's key features include dynamicpower management, real-time performance, fastbooting, and smallmemory footprint.[9]
MontaVista Professional Edition (Pro) is for general embedded Linux developers. Pro is for intelligent device markets, including networking and communications, instrumentation and control,aerospace and defense,small office/home office (SOHO) devices, andmedical devices.[10] Future development of MontaVista Pro has been folded into MontaVista Linux, effectively ending this as a separate edition starting version 5.0.24.
MontaVista has a history of being a major contributor to theLinux kernel and theopen source community. From the start, Jim Ready said he wanted to make it "100% pure Linux" under the GPL.[11] The core changes to make MontaVista Linux into a real-time operating system were made by Nigel Gamble and later updated byRobert Love.[12] Robert Love submitted the changes to the Linux kernel in 2001. The Linux 2.6 stable kernel series is the first to include similar features, such as priority-basedpreemption. As of 2008, MontaVista had contributed 1.2% of the Linux kernel, making it the 9th-largest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel, according to a survey by the Linux Foundation.[13]
MontaVista has also spun off independent open source projects based on several of its features, including dynamicpower management, high resolutionPOSIX timers, thepramfs file system,[14] and theopenais implementation of theService Availability Forum's (SA Forum) Application Interface Specification.[15]
Other versions of MontaVista Linux are used in devices made by a number of partners, includingSony Bravia TVs,NEC routers, and others, especially inJapan.[16] A version of MontaVista Linux OS is used inDell Latitude E4200 and E4300 notebooks[17][18] to provide theLatitude ON feature.[19]
Cisco NX-OS is based on HardHat Linux.[20]
Motorola became the first company to use Linux on a mobile phone when it released theMotorola A760 to theChinese market on February 16, 2003. Motorola chose to use MontaVista Linux in the Motorola A760 and future Linux-based phones, despite the fact that Motorola was a founding member of the competingSymbian OS.[21] Since then, Motorola has increased focus on its Linux platform and publicly stated that the future platform for all its mid- and high-tier mobile phones will be Linux withJava,[22] and other phone manufacturers NEC andPanasonic have developed a common platform based on MontaVista Linux.[23][24]
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