Linux on ARM: xz kernel decompression benchmarks

I recently managed to find time to clean up and submit my patches for xz kernel compression support on ARM, which I started working on back in November, during my flight to Linaro Connect. However, it was too late as Russell King, the ARM Linux maintainer, alreadyaccepted a similar patch, about 3 weeks before my … Continue reading “Linux on ARM: xz kernel decompression benchmarks”

Announcing our “Android System Development” training

For multiple years, Bootlin has provided two typical training courses for embedded Linux developers: an Embedded Linux system development course that focuses on the basics for embedded Linux development (bootloader and kernel configuration, compiling and usage, system integration and build systems, cross-compiling, filesystems, application development and debugging, etc.) and an embedded Linux kernel and driver … Continue reading “Announcing our “Android System Development” training”

Bootlin at FOSDEM: two talks and video recording

As usual, Bootlin will again be present at the FOSDEM conference in Brussels, on February, 4th and February 5th. We will of course mostly be attending the Embedded DevRoom, with multiple talks around development in the embedded space. We will also be giving two talks this year: My colleague Maxime Ripard will be giving a … Continue reading “Bootlin at FOSDEM: two talks and video recording”

New quarterly newsletter: 2011 report, best wishes and 2012 plans

The Bootlin team wishes you a Happy New Year 2012 and all the best for your professional and personal projects. We are taking this opportunity to give some news about Bootlin. In 2011, Bootlin has: Worked on multiple development projects for various customers. Amongst the most important ones: development of an embedded Linux system and … Continue reading “New quarterly newsletter: 2011 report, best wishes and 2012 plans”

Embedded Linux training: switch to the IGEPv2 board

Since early 2009, our training sessions have been using the USB-A9263 board from Calao Systems as the hardware platform for the practical labs. However, this AT91-based platform was getting older, and we therefore started the process of switching our training sessions to a new hardware platform, the IGEPv2 board from ISEE. The IGEPv2 platform is … Continue reading “Embedded Linux training: switch to the IGEPv2 board”

ELC 2011 videos

The Embedded Linux Conference 2011 took place between April, 11th and April, 13th in its now usual place, the Kabuki hotel in San Francisco, California. It was the first edition organized since the merge of the CE Linux Forum into the Linux Foundation. During three days, three parallel tracks of talks and BoFs about technical … Continue reading “ELC 2011 videos”

Bootlin at the Embedded Linux Conference and Android Builders Summit

In just two weeks from now, the Embedded Linux Conference will start in San Francisco, followed by the Android Builders Summit, at the usual Hotel Kabuki location, where the conference is taking place for the third consecutive year. The program of the Embedded Linux Conference has been announced recently, and as usual, features a wide … Continue reading “Bootlin at the Embedded Linux Conference and Android Builders Summit”

GStreamer 2010 conference videos

Videos from the 2010 edition of the GStreamer conference, Cambridge, UK, Oct. 26, 2010. After releasing ELC-E videos, here are videos from the 2010 edition of the GStreamer conference. As usual, these videos are released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike Licence version 3.0. Jonas HolmbergAxisCase study – GStreamer on Axis … Continue reading “GStreamer 2010 conference videos”

Barebox 2011.03 released, with contributions from Bootlin

Barebox is a bootloader started about two years ago for embedded systems of various architectures. It plays the same role as U-Boot, which is the best known project in this area, but has several advantages over U-Boot. First, it has a much better configuration and compilation system, based on the one used by the Linux … Continue reading “Barebox 2011.03 released, with contributions from Bootlin”

Snowball, a new community Linux development platform

The success of the BeagleBoard platform, a low-cost development platform, that has greatly contributed to the success of Texas Instruments OMAP3 processor in the embedded Linux industry, seems to have inspired another processor manufacturer: ST Ericsson. They have recently unveiled Snowball, a low-cost development platform for their AP9500 processor, which features a dual Cortex A-9 … Continue reading “Snowball, a new community Linux development platform”