Data Sheet
VxWorksSBCSupport
options.GEMaintenanceAgreementsare
tailoredtomatchthemajorversionsand
bundlesinwhichWindRiverSystemsoffers
VxWorks.Historically,WindRiver’sTornado
IDEwithVxWorks5.xwasthecompany’s
mainproduct.Atalaterdate,thesewere
bothbundledwithvariousmiddlewares
inmarket-orientated‘platforms’,featur-
ingdifferingcontentandcapability.Wind
River’snewerEclipse-basedWorkbench
IDE,togetherwithVxWorks6.x,isoffered
asaparallelstream,alsobundledwithin
equivalent‘platforms’.
ForeachGESBCfamily,asingleMainte-
nanceAgreementcovershardwaresupport
matchingallVxWorks5.x-basedreleases
(whetherdeliveredfromWindRiverwith
‘platforms’Tornadoforwhicheverplatform,
orwiththepre-platforms‘legacy’Tornado).
AseparateAgreementcoversequivalent
SBChardwaresupportmatchingallVxWorks
6.xreleases(deliveredfromWRSwith‘plat-
forms’Workbenchforwhicheverplatform).
VxWorks Platforms
Asnotedpreviously,VxWorksisbundledin
WindRiver‘platforms’,theprimaryfoun-
dationfordevicesoftwareapplications.
Theseincludetightlyintegratedmiddle-
warerun-timetechnologies:networking,
security,management,andgraphics.Each
platformincludesanend-to-end,integrated
developmentsuite,tightlyalignedpartner
ecosystem,industry-specificprofessional
servicesandtraining,togetherwithworld-
widetechnicalsupport.Availableplatforms
includethoselistedbelow.
• GeneralPurposePlatform(GPP),
VxWorksEdition
• PlatformforAutomotiveDevices(PAD),
VxWorksEdition
• PlatformforConsumerDevices(PCD),
VxWorksEdition
• PlatformforIndustrialDevices(PID),
VxWorksEdition
• PlatformforNetworkEquipment(PNE),
VxWorksEdition
• PlatformforSafetyCriticalARINC653
• PlatformforSafetyCriticalDO-178B
BSPsandESPsdeliveredunderanyofthe
MaintenanceAgreementsthatlistplatform
supportinTable1abovewillinstalloverthe
WindRiverplatformsoftware(excludingthe
SafetyCriticalplatforms,seetopright).
OnlyselectedGEboardsaresupportedfor
VxWorksAE653(deliveredbyWindRiver
inPlatformSafetyCriticalARINC653).Note
thatBSPsdeliveredbyGEforthisVxWorks
version(whichiscertifiabletoDO-178B)
arealso‘functionalonly’,i.e.notengineered
forcertification.However,GE’spartner
UltraElectronicsDatelcanprovideexpert
engineeringservicesforthepurposeof
deliveringcertifiableBSPcodeandassoci-
atedprocessevidence.PleasecontactGEor
Datelforfurtherinformationonthistopic.
NostandardsupportisofferedforWindRiv-
er’soldercertifiablerelease,VxWorks-178,
whichisdeliveredinPlatformSafetyCritical
DO-178B,butinquiriesonthistopicmaybe
madetoGE.
Additional GE Intelligent Platforms
Support with VxWorks
InadditiontoBSPsandESPsforGESBCs,
VxWorkssupportisalsoavailableforawide
rangeofperipheralhardwareproducts
offeredbyGEIntelligentPlatformsincluding
1553,FibreChannel,StarFabric,Graphics,
DSPproduct,GigabitEthernetextensions/
switches,ADC/DACsolutionsandmore.
Pleasevisitwww.ge-ip.comfordetails.
Inadditiontohighlyconfigurablebuilt-in
test(BIT)firmware,runningatinitialization
PowerX 6U VME SBCs, Including PowerXpress and PowerXtreme
PPCBSP-TOR1M
ForPlatforms&LegacyTornadoVxWorks5.x,BSPonly,onallPowerXboardstoPPC7D
PPCBESP-TOR1M
ForPlatforms&LegacyTornadoVxWorks5.x,BSP&ESP,onallPowerXboardstoPPC7D
PXBSP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSPonly,onallPowerXboardsfromPPC7A
PXBESP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSP&ESP,onallPowerXboardsfromPPC7A
EmPower Comms orientated 6U VME EP1A, plus PMCs PMCQ1, EPMCQ2, PrPMCQ2
EPBSP-TOR1M
ForLegacyTornadoVxWorks5.x,BSPonly,onallEmPowerboards
EPBESP-TOR1M
ForLegacyTornadoVxWorks5.x,BSP&ESP,onallEmPowerboards
NOTE: ContactGEIntelligentPlatformsforFastAsync,HDLC,1553&PCITComms-modulespartnumbers,forVxWorks5.x
EPBSP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSPonly,onallEmPowerboards
EPBESPC-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSP&ESPC,onallEmPowerboards
NOTE
EmPowerESPC=ESP+FastAsync,HDLC,1553&PCITComms-modules,forVxWorks6.x
XtraPower 6U VME Dual Processor SBCs. Note: a ‘BSP only’ option is not available for XtraPower
XPBESPZ-TOR1M
ForLegacyTornadoVxWorks5.x,BSP&ESPZ,onXtraPowerPPCM1
XPBESPZ-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSP&ESPZ,onallXtraPowerboards
NOTE: ESPZ=ESP+MultiprocessingsupportthroughP0PCIorStarFabric
PowerPact3 3U cPCI SBCs
IMPBSP-TOR1M
ForPlatforms(IMP1A/2A)&Legacy(IMP1Aonly)TornadoVxWorks5.x,BSPonly
IMPBESP-TOR1M
ForPlatforms(IMP1A/2A)&Legacy(IMP1Aonly)TornadoVxWorks5.x,BSP&ESP
PP3BSP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSPonly,onallPowerPact3boards
PP3BESP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSP&ESP,onallPowerPact3boards
PowerPact6 6U cPCI SBCs
PP6BSP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSPonly,onallPowerPact6boards
PP6BESP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSP&ESP,onallPowerPact6boards
IntraXtreme 6U VME Intel based SBCs
IXTBSP-PTR1M
ForPlatformsTornadoVxWorks5.x,BSPonly,onIntraXtremeIXT2A
IXTBESP-PTR1M
ForPlatformsTornadoVxWorks5.x,BSP&ESP,onIntrXtremeIXT2A
IXTBSP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSPonly,onallIntraXtremeboards
IXTBESP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSP&ESP,onallIntraXtremeboards
IntraPact6 6U cPCI Intel based SBCs
IP6BSP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSPonly,onallIntraPact6boards
IP6BESP-WBV1M
ForPlatformsWorkbenchVxWorks6.x,BSP&ESP,onallIntraPact6boards
TABLE 1BSP/ESPMaintenanceAgreementNumbersforGESBCHardwareFamilies