Date: 22/11/2008

MontaVista webinar on migrating to embedded linux device drivers

MontaVista has announced a webinar on migrating from legacy device drivers to linux device drivers on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Webinar will deliver helpful information for device developers who are looking to migrate their device interfaces from the VxWorks(R) RTOS to embedded Linux.
Attendees will get an understanding of the particulars of migrating intricate legacy VxWorks device interfaces and embedded Linux community best practices. They will also learn about the architecture and conventions of drivers built for VxWorks, and will receive straightforward guidelines for mapping code and constructs onto Linux 2.6. The webinar will examine options for kernel and user space implementations highlight licensing implications, and present migration and debugging tools and techniques. Each attendee of the webinar will receive a white paper on migrating legacy VxWorks device interfaces to embedded Linux.
Moderated by Don Dingee, editorial director for OpenSystems Media, the webinar "Migrating legacy VxWorks device interfaces to embedded Linux" will be presented by Bill Weinberg, independent analyst and consultant at Linuxpundit.com.
MontaVista is offering the webinar at two times on Tuesday, December 9. An early session at 7 a.m. EST allows attendance by developers in Europe, India and the Middle East, while a later session at 4 p.m. EST provides convenience for audiences in the Americas. Each webinar is scheduled for one hour, including time for questions from the audience. Admission is complimentary and all information will be presented via the Internet, including computer-streamed audio.
Interested EEs can register at www.mvista.com/migrationwebinar.