M
X
800 SERIES PROGRAMMERS GUIDE 13
CHAPTER 2
Overview of Product Deliverables
Operating
System and
Firmware
The M
x
800 series terminal is the first VeriFone product to run ARM embedded
Linux. The initial kernel will be version 2.6.10.
Required libraries are described in the succeeding sections.
C Compiler and
Tools
The GNU C compiler will be used to build M
x
800 Series applications. The
Software Development Kit will include a version of the GNU development tools
that will run under Windows (using Cygwin).
The M
x
800 Series terminal will include gdbserver for use during application
debug.
VeriFone has created a "plug in" feature for the Eclipse IDE that simplifies
application project building and debug.