mLinux - MultiTech Linux for MultiConnect Conduit gateways
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What is it?
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mLinux is a distribution provided by MultiTech tailored for the 
MultiConnect Conduit products (MTCDT models).

mLinux utilizes OpenEmbedded-Core, Bitbake, which are part of the Yocto Project.

For more information about mLinux, see http://www.multitech.net

For more information about the Yocto Project, see http://www.yoctoproject.org
For more information about OpenEmbedded, see http://www.openembedded.org

How to get started?
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1. Build from tarball

    Download the file 'mLinux-x.tar.gz' (where 'x' is the version) from 
    http://www.multitech.net or copy it from the storage medium bundled with
    your developer kit.  This file provides the mLinux build system and a set 
    of sources sufficient for building the sample images provided by mLinux.

    Untar the contents to a folder of your choice, and install prerequisite packages. 
    Then, configure the environment variables and you are good to go.  
    
    Note that mLinux should *not* be built as root and you will need full write 
    permissions to the build directory structure.  It is recommended to extract and
    build the software inside your $HOME dir as a normal user.

    tar xzf mLinux-3.0.0.tar.gz
    cd mlinux-3.0.0
    # install needed dependencies, see scripts in install-deps
    # example: sudo ./install-deps/install-debian-ubuntu-deps.sh
    source env-oe.sh

    # set your default machine type in conf/local.conf
    # MACHINE="mtcdt"

    bitbake mlinux-base-image

2. Build from git repository

    # clone repo to a dir name of your choice
    git clone git://git.multitech.net/mlinux.git mlinux-3.0.0
    cd mlinux-3.0.0

    # checkout desired branch or tag
    git checkout 3.0.0

    # install needed dependencies, see scripts in install-deps
    # example: sudo ./install-deps/install-debian-ubuntu-deps.sh

    # initialize git submodules and setup dir structure
    ./setup.sh

    # setup environment
    source env-oe.sh

    # set your default machine type in conf/local.conf
    # MACHINE="mtcdt"

    # build!
    bitbake mlinux-base-image

See the MultiTech Developer website (http://www.multitech.net) for full 
installation and build instructions. In particular, see the "Introduction" and
"Getting Started" pages under the mLinux section.

You can also join the available developer forums to post queries and receive 
updates from MultiTech developers.