Lynxos RTOS the World’S Most Powerful, Open-Standards Real-Time OS for the Internet of Things

LynxOS RTOS The world’s most powerful, open-standards real-time OS for the Internet of Things

LynxOS® 7.0 is a deterministic, hard As a foundational feature of LynxOS, real-time operating system that applications have relied on its stable, provides POSIX-conformant APIs in reliable, and trusted real-time capa- a small-footprint embedded kernel. bility for over 25 years. Predictable FROM LYNX SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LynxOS provides symmetric multi-pro- response is ensured even in the pres- cessing support to take full advantage • Mission-critical perfor- ence of heavy I/O as a result of the of multi-core/multi-threaded proces- mance and reliability— kernel’s unique and highly optimized sors. Luminosity, our Eclipse based absolute determinism and threading model. Interrupt latency cross-development environment linear performance and context switch time is the lowest includes advanced toolchains, debug- in the industry. gers, and profilers that support both scalability kernel and application development LynxOS Ensures: while adhering to open APIs, offering • Industry-leading open- • Guaranteed minimum interrupt robust support for the latest network- ness—Full POSIX latency and context switch times ing and I/O technologies, and state- • Reliable and steady behavior when of-the-art security features. conformance performing complex tasks under high interrupt loads LynxOS is already relied on in millions • Latest technologies for • Full MMU-backed POSIX process- of devices worldwide and with the Internet communications— thread execution model guarantee- introduction of new and easy to imple- ing the most robust application ment advance security functionality, advanced networking protection in the industry both existing and new customers can feature sets for rapid effectively secure their next gen- development of differenti- True Linear Scalability eration of devices on the Internet of ated products LynxOS was designed for true linear Things. Advanced embedded devel- scalability and will remain unwaver- opment tools enable fast and efficient ingly deterministic - even as the number and complexity of the tasks it deployment of these technologies. performs scales upwards. As a feature Enhanced Features of its advanced and efficient network LynxOS supports the most popular and I/O stacks, this determinism and • POSIX 1003.1-2003 PSE 53/54 reference targets within the Intel and performance extends to connected PowerPC architectures including the applications which can be relied upon • Security Capabilities: ACL, new 4th generation Intel® Core™ to stay responsive even in the face of Audit, Quotas, OpenPAM i7 and Core™ i5, and the Freescale the most complex I/O demands. QorIQ processors. • Symmetric Multi-Processing Open APIs (SMP) All embedded market segments from LynxOS is the most open hard real- military and aerospace, to indus- time operating system available today. • Asymmetric Multi-Processing / trial, medical, and office automation The native interfaces of LynxOS are thread affinity (AMP) will benefit from these security and similar to those of Linux®, UNIX® and • GNU Toolchain, Debugger and networking improvements in this next Solaris™. generation of LynxOS. Profiler Because LynxOS is designed from • Eclipse-based Luminosity tool Real-Time Determinism the ground up for conformance to suite All RTOS components within LynxOS open system interfaces. OEMs are are designed for absolute determin- able to leverage existing Linux, UNIX • ELF file format ism ; i.e., hard real-time performance.

• RAM Support up to 4GB and POSIX programming talent for dynamically instrumented system and SNMPv3, routing algorithms such embedded real-time projects. Devel- trace tool, ideal for visualizing as RIPv2, OSPFv2, and BGP-4. As a opment schedules are reduced while program execution and timing of result, OEMs can now rapidly imple- programmers are able to be more pro- events, identifying elusive applica- ment advanced features and functions ductive using familiar methodologies tion bugs, and fine-tuning system to differentiate their products from the as opposed to learning proprietary performance. competition. programming methods. Fast Request-Response Latest Technologies for Interconnecting The TCP/IP stack has been enhanced for Full POSIX conformance Devices re-entrancy, determinism, and perfor- OEMs can leverage LynxOS’ POSIX LynxOS gives developers access to mance. In tests measuring TCP and conformance to take advantage of ex- state-of-the art networking technol- UDP streaming and request-response isting POSIX-compliant applications— ogy. Its networking capabilities make bandwidth, LynxOS networking was including those written for open- it the most advanced of all the com- measured to outperform Linux—the de source Linux and Solaris™—to speed mercial RTOS offerings with features facto industry standard for networking time-to-market. such as IPSec, IPv6, an integrated excellence. firewall, and Quality of Service (QoS). Some real-time operating systems Industry standard utilities are included Strict Application Protection only comply with a subset of the which provide network configuration, LynxOS couples its hard real-time per- POSIX specification, but LynxOS is diagnostics, and management. formance with strict systems reliability fully conformant with POSIX interfaces to meet the needs of applications that for core services, real-time exten- The latest protocols and capabilities must perform unfailingly in a range of sions, and thread extensions—POSIX for networking are provided, including demanding environments. 1003.1-2003 PSE 53. A complete Gigabit Ethernet, SNMP v1, SNMPv2, list of supported APIs is available for customers to perform their own com- parisons.

Advanced Tools LynxOS developers achieve a head start with the most comprehensive suite of open development tools in the embedded-system industry that include:

• Luminosity IDE—A single cohesive Eclipse based Integrated Develop- ment Environment to create, edit, build, manage, and debug applications for LynxOS device drivers, kernels and applications. • Complete target management tools that include full console support, file transfer, and file system access. • Real-time target status monitoring including RAM and CPU utilization statistics, process text, data and stack allocation, and system over- head. • SpyKer™, our dynamically instrumented kernel analyzer—the first Choice of popular development environments

luminosity Luminosity Eclipse-based IDE SpyKer™ Pro

Create, edit, compile, manage, and debug The first dynamically instrumented system C and C++ embedded and real-time appli- trace tool, ideal for visualizing program cations with this full-featured Java™-based execution and timing of events, identifying IDE for all Lynx Software Technologies elusive application bugs, and fine-tuning cross-development platforms. system performance.

A key enabler of LynxOS reliability is ISO 9001:2008 Certified Software velopment and deployment support its unique Memory Management Unit One of the few embedded software of a LynxOS release for an unprec- (MMU) support, residing at the lowest companies with an ISO 9001:2000- edented 15 years. level of the LynxOS kernel. certified software development process, Lynx Software Technologies backs-up The net result is that Lynx Software Full MMU support, included in the LynxOS with a comprehensive range Technologies customers not only come kernel since 1989 provides the reliability of professional services and support to market quickly with high-quality advantages of protected memory and programs that reflect our unparalleled real-time solutions, but are able to more of virtual addresses. expertise in embedded product devel- effectively provide value to their own opment environment. customers over the long term. While other real-time operating systems rely on unprotected tasks running in Examples Include: a single flat address space, LynxOS • Porting and compatibility verification enables each task to run protected in its services. own space for uncompromising reli- • Full LynxOS consulting and training ability. services conducted on a global basis • Long-term support options for de- Kernel features Network Daemons - Hard real-time determinism - IPv4: inetd, routed, rlogind, telnetd, dhcpd, tftpd, etc. - Multitasking and multithreaded RTOS - IPv6: faithd, pim6sd, pim6dd, rtsold, route6d, etc. - Unlimited number of tasks - Extensive support for multi-threaded applications File system support - Complete MMU based protected address spaces for tasks - Lynx Fast File system - Page level memory mapping for efficient memory management - Network File System (NFS) - 256 priority levels - RAM disk file system - Priority inheritance semaphore support - Flash file system - Kernel threads and priority tracking support (Lynx Software Technologies patented) IO device support - Four scheduling policies (FIFO, Priority Quantum, Round-Robin, - IDE and EIDE with DMA support Non-preemptive) - SCSI support: Adaptec 19160, 29160, 29160N; Symbios 53c895/896 - Deterministic context switching through real-time scheduling - Flash support: M-systems TrueFFS, Flash interface chips - Low interrupt & task response times through efficient interrupt handling - PCMCIA support - Demand paged virtual memory support - UART, PTY (pseudo TTY support) - Comprehensive inter-task communication facilities - DRM device abstraction layer for portability of drivers - Message queues, semaphores, shared memory, sockets, signals, pipes, - USB 2.0 mutexes, condition variables (POSIX) - Serial ATA - Comprehensive POSIX API conformance: POSIX 1003.1-2003 PSE 53 - MMAP support for regular files & shared memory Libraries and utilities - Extremely fast boot times - Over 100 libraries and over 2500 utility routines - Configurable tick timer resolution - Configurable time quantum for priority levels Development environment - Dynamic loading of device driver modules - Eclipse-based Luminosity IDE - MIB style visibility into kernel variables - SpyKer system event trace and debug - Efficient floating point context management - Multiple shell options: bash, csh, ash - Support for static and dynamically linked libraries - Cross Development: Windows 7 (64bit), Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (64bit) - ELF file format - GNU tool chain: GCC, G++ 4.6.3, GDB 7.4.1, GPROF - SVR4-style ELF shared library support - Full support for multithreaded ANSI C development - Modular design for flexible footprint management - Full support for multithreaded C++ development - Kernel downloadable image (KDI) for diskless environments - Static, Dynamic, Multithreaded versions of system libraries (Lynx Software Technologies patented) - ELF Dynamic linking loader - POSIX real-time timer and clock support - Watchpoint support for application & kernel debuggers - Kernel crash analysis - Configurable core file support - Kernel level event logging of system events - Selective core file contents - Stack plus data, BSS, heap, and/or shared - Up to 4GB of system-managed RAM memory - Debug version of kernel for profiling and watchpoint support - Post-mortem debug - Dynamic device drivers - XFree86, LessTif

Networking Support Architecture Support - Full state-of- the-art TCP/IP stack derived from FreeBSD 8.3 enhanced for - PowerPC re-entrancy, determinism and performance - Freescale QorIQ - IPv4 and IPv6 support - Intel x86 Architecture Family - IPSec/IKE/VPN - Intel 64-bit Core i5/i7 - Quality of Service (QoS) - Intel 32-bit Atom - Protocols: TCP, UDP, ICMP, IGMP, ARP, RARP, DHCP, NAT, RPC, NTPv3 - Intel 32-bit Quark - Divert Sockets, PF Packet, Raw Ethernet support Custom Board Support Routing Protocols - Modular architecture for rapid OS porting - RIP, RIPv2 - Improved Porting Guide documentation - Boot loader support for firmware-less configurations Network Booting - Pre-configured “Demo” KDIs (Kernel Downloadable Image) - PXE Netboot, TFTP boot - Reference library of device drivers for porting ease

Network Security Security - Secure DNS dynamic update - OpenSSL Cryptography - IPSEC AH, IPSEC ESP - Access Control Lists (ACL) - PPP Password Authentication, PPP Challenge Handshake AP - Roles and Capabilities - Firewall support: ipfw, ip6fw - Audit logs and monitoring - Quotas – Disk, Memory and CPU Network Management - Trusted path login - SNMP v1, v2 and v3 - Residual Information Protection - BIND: dns services, named - User account management - Pluggable Authentication Modules (OpenPAM) Network Device Support - Gigabit Ethernet - 100baseT interfaces

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