A good low cost option is the Olimex SAM9-L9260 dev kit. www.olimex.com It comes with a CD with a free (Lite) Codesourcery toolchain, the kernel (curr 2.6.26.3) , U-boot and bootstrap source And the board preprogrammed and tested. You must use a Linux host however to produce executable code. Best Regards, Kris ________________________________________ From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of battipatisainagendra Bhavaniprasad Sent: Friday, 30 January 2009 2:41 PM To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Query Regarding Processor for Porting Linux Hi All, I am sai.Please help me in selecting a Low cost processor with freely available development kit to port linux. and If i am using Atmel should i need to buy Development ket (or) it is for freely(open source) available in the net. Please help me regarding the same and reply ASAP. Rgds, Sai -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ