NXP has announced the release of OpenIL industrial Linux distribution with real-time OS extensions and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) support for factory-automation for the Industry 4.0 era.
The OpenIL distribution includes support for per-stream policing, time-aware shaping of network traffic, and 801.1AS time synchronization, and supports NXP Layerscape SoCs and boards such as LS1028A dual ARMv8 processor, or LS1021A-IOT IoT gateway.
Some notable OpenIL features include:
- Xenomai real-time extensions to Unix, making porting relatively easy from an RTOS like VxWorks or pSOS
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) and NETCONF-based network configuration utilities for TSN
- Generalized precision time protocol (gPTP) with the linuxptp daemon
- Drivers for the Ethernet Interfaces and the NXP SJA1105T TSN switch
- Support for edge computing services
- Optional instantiation of the Ubuntu user-space filesystem layout
You’ll find the source code on Gihub, and some more information on OpenIL.org website. NXP appears to be the only company involved in the project, and they’re currently demonstrating their OS during SPS IPC Drives 2017 in Nuremberg, Germany, until November 30.
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