From the 27^th to 28^th of October Moscow held the ARM-conference organized by the world vendor Texas Instruments (TI) and MT-System, the Russian distributor of electronic components. Experts from Promwad Innovation Company took part in this event and presented their reports, which reflected company experience of working with the TI components:

• Yauhen Kharuzhy presented the topic Porting Linux to a New Hardware Platform, in which he described the main stages of the operating system installation, including porting of the Linux Kernel, X-Loader, U-Boot. He also told about pitfalls of these processes. A practical example, which was presented in the report: mobile handheld device for measuring fiber-optic lines, built on the TI chip.


• Vladimir Davydov presented the topic Arago. Linux for TI Chips, in which he described Arago and also shared his views on the advantages and disadvantages of this open source project.

Promwad presentation materials are available for download: Porting Linux to a New Hardware Platform, Arago. Linux for TI Chips.