| Wombat | |
|---|---|
| Developer | National ICT Australia |
| OS family | L4 |
| Initial release | 2004 (2004)1 |
| Latest release | 2.6.9.1 |
| Marketing target | Embedded systems |
| Available in | English |
| Supported platforms | x86, ARM, MIPS |
| Kernel type | Microkernel paravirtualised Linux (running on L4Ka::Pistachio and IGUANA)2 |
| License | GPLv22 |
In computing, Wombat is an operating system, a high-performance virtualised Linux embedded operating system marketed by Open Kernel Labs, a spin-off of National ICT Australia's (now NICTA) Embedded, Real Time, Operating System Program.
Wombat is a de-privileged (paravirtualised) Linux running on an L4 and IGUANA system. It is optimized for embedded systems.1
References
References
- "Beta release of Kenge, Iguana and Wombat". Retrieved 2010-03-12.
- Leslie, Ben; van Schaik, Carl; Heiser, Gernot (April 2005). "Wombat: A portable user-mode Linux for embedded systems". Proceedings of Linux.conf.au (2005). Canberra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-21 – via ts.data61.csiro.au/publications/papers/Leslie_vSH_05.abstract.