The ELISA Project will be part of the Safe Systems with Linux Microconference at the Linux Plumbers Conference 2026, taking place October 5–7 at the Prague Congress Centre in Prague, Czechia, with hybrid participation available.
As Linux continues to be used in systems with varying levels of criticality, the need for clear traceability between requirements, code, and tests is becoming increasingly important. The Safe Systems with Linux MC will focus on how the Linux kernel ecosystem can better support structured requirements, documentation, testing, and artifact sharing while preserving the speed and flexibility of upstream development.
Building on discussions from previous years, this year’s microconference will explore approaches for expressing requirements and traceability as sidecar data structures. This makes the information more machine-readable, maintainable, and scalable without requiring kernel design documentation to live directly in the code.
Topics will include technical debt reduction, requirements-driven testing, semantic aspects of kernel requirements, progress on the Linux Kernel Requirements Framework, practical implementation challenges, automation tooling, connections with kernel quality initiatives, industry adoption, and the role of requirements as an education and onboarding tool.
The session aims to bring together kernel maintainers, developers, safety architects, tooling experts, and industry stakeholders to discuss how structured requirements and traceability practices can complement existing Linux kernel development workflows and support the creation of dependable, safety-relevant systems with Linux. Learn more.
