QNX Software Development Platform 6.5.0#

The QNX Software Development Platform which includes the QNX Neutrino RTOS and QNX Momentics Tools Suite - version 6.5.0 - the pre-release software is now available for download.

What's New#

• QNX Neutrino RTOS
  • Core Operating System
    • Kernel changes to support for PPC E500MC
    • Kernel changes to support for ARM Cortex A9
    • New optimized ARM variant
    • Persistent Publish Subscribe
    • Kernel Memory Management improvements
    • Interrupt to thread latency jitter (PPC)
    • Filesystems: io-blk performance improvement
  • Hardware Support
    • x86 chipset validation
    • io-apic/msi support

• QNX Momentics Tools
  • Command Line Tools
    • GCC 4.4.2 update
  • IDE
    • Eclipse 3.5
    • CDT 6.0

Relation to other Foundry27 Projects#

The Foundry27 projects that form part of the software development platform version 6.5.0 are:

• Core OS
• Core Networking
• Core Filesystems
• Core Development Tools
• IDE

Much of the new technology available in the 6.5.0 release has been made available via these Foundry27 projects. The alpha download includes these projects in a complete installable package.

Downloading and Installing the Pre-Release Software Development Platform version 6.5.0 Software#

Go to to the QNX Download Center to retrieve the binary installers for 6.5.0. Select the download appropriate for your host system. Note the Neutrino self-hosted installer comes in ISO format and will require burning to a CD or some ISO mounting software to use. The Windows and Linux installers are installer executables that can be downloaded and run to install 6.5.0. You can re-use your existing QNX Momentics 6.3.x or 6.4.x license for installing and running this alpha software.

Feedback, Comments, Questions and Answers#

Please use the QNX Software Development Platform Pre-Releases forum for questions and reporting issues.