Xen Safety Certification: progress so far and plans for the future (video)
The Xen Project is a static partitioning hypervisor for embedded, from aerospace to industrial and automotive. Xen enforces strong isolation between domains so that one cannot affect the execution of…
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Advancing Open Source Safety-Critical Systems
The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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Automating Adherence to Safety Profiles After Fixing Vulnerabilities (Video)
Creating a critical safe or secure system generally comes down to two aspects. The system has to be able to meet the technical expectations to handle its criticality and there…
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Coding Guidelines – to Comply or Not Comply – Some Myth Busting
The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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ELISA Workshop – A Summary of Berlin
Written by Philipp Ahmann, Chair of the ELISA Project TSC and Technical Business Development Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH In June, the ELISA Project’s core contributors and affiliates came together…
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RAFIA – A Roadmap for Certifying Open Source for Use in Safety-Relevant Systems
The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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Real Time Linux in Safety-Critical Systems: The Potential and the Challenges
The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and…
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Safety Certifying an Open Source Project: The Example of Xen
The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration…
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Linux in Aerospace: Objections and Paths Forward
The Linux Foundation hosted the Embedded Open Source Summit, a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration…
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A Development Environment for DO-178C Level D Certified Linux
The ELISA Project Seminar Series focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from the ELISA Project and surrounding communities. To view past…
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Diving into the Kernel: Introducing ks-nav Tool Set
Written by Red Hat's Gabriele Paoloni, Alessandro Carminati & Maurizio Papini One of the main challenges in using the Linux Kernel for safety-critical systems is conducting safety analyses in the…
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Register for the Safety-Critical Software Summit
The Safety-Critical Software Summit, which takes place on June 27-30, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic, as well as virtually, as part of the new Embedded Open Source Summit conference is…
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ELISA Safety Analysis Approach
Written By: Paul Albertella, ELISA Project TSC member, Chair for Open Source Engineering Process Working Group and Consultant at Codethink The ELISA Open Source Engineering Process (OSEP) Working Group plans…
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What happens when OpenAPS commands run on Linux?
Written by Shuah Khan, Linux Fellow at the Linux Foundation and member of the ELISA Project TSC Key Points Understanding system resources necessary to build and run a workload is…
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ELISA Project at Linaro Connect 2023
We've got a few more weeks to go before Linaro Connect, which takes place on April 26-28 at the Park Plaza London Riverbank in London. Once a year, engineers, developers,…
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ELISA CI enablement – Automation tools for easier collaboration
Written by Philipp Ahmann, Chair of the ELISA Project TSC (Robert Bosch GmbH) and Sudip Mukherjee, Member of the Tools Working Group (Codethink Ltd) This article describes how the ELISA…
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Discovering Linux kernel subsystems used by a workload
Written by Shuah Khan, Linux Fellow at the Linux Foundation and member of the ELISA Project TSC, and Shefali Sharma, a senior student at the Meerut Institute of Engineering and…
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Join ELISA @ the Safety-Critical Software Summit in June
As open source is found more and more in safety-critical applications, the need to evaluate open source software that meets safety standards has increased. The Safety-Critical Software Summit, sponsored by…
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ELISA at FOSDEM (Video)
FOSDEM aka Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European event centered on free and open source software development that is aimed at developers. FOSDEM…
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Invest in Yourself With Best in Class Bootcamps – Save 50% Today!
Written by LF Training & Certification Ready to set your career on an award winning path in February? Make the commitment to invest in yourself and your career today with…
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Trusted Execution Inside Secure Enclaves – LFX Mentorship Report
Işıl Öz, 2022 ELISA Project Mentee and Assistant Professor at Izmir Institute of Technology Hardware Trusted Execution Environment Since remote computation has evolved as the cloud infrastructures offer high-performance and…
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Why We Need Open Source Mentorship Programs
Written by Jason Perlow, Editorial Director at the Linux Foundation Mentorship programs in open source are critical for the growth and development of the open source community, and the LFX Mentorship program…
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My ELISA Mentorship
Shefali Sharma, a senior student at the Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology in India, was a mentee of the ELISA Project starting in March 2022. Her mentors were Shuah…
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Linux in Aerospace: A Personal Journey
Written by Steven H. VanderLeest, Software Engineering Technical Lead at The Boeing Company and Chair of the ELISA Aerospace Working Group Introduction From the early days of Linux, I was…
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What it takes to employ Linux in safety applications : An interview with Shuah Khan
During the Open Source Summit Europe 2022, Shuah Khan, Linux Kernel Fellow at the Linux Foundation and previously the Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee, met with Mike…
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Cyber Monday
With the new year approaching, what better time is there to plan for the future? Many technology professionals are looking for ways to level up in their career in 2023.…
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ELISA Summit: Trusted Execution Inside Secure Enclaves (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Analysis of eBPF for Safety Use Case (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Seminar: PREEMPT_RT – How not to break it (Video)
In March, the ELISA Project launched the Monthly Seminar Series, which focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from the…
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ELISA Summit : Using memory access error detection (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit : AUTOSAR Adaptive Applications in Rust (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Medical Devices Working Group Update (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Kernel Tracing (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Generation of Static Architecture Diagrams for Specific Kernel Images (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Automotive Working Group Update – Tell-tales an Evolution Use Case Towards Driver Assistance ?!(Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Linux Features for Safety – Critical Systems Working Group (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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ELISA Summit: OSEP Working Group Update (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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ELISA Summit: Useful Techniques for Qualifying a Linux Distro for ASIL-B (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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ELISA Summit: Systems WG – Status and Roadmap (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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ELISA Summit: Safety Architecture WG Update (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Call for an ELISA Aerospace Working Group
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which…
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ELISA Summit: Intro & Technical Strategy (Video)
An estimated 185 people registered for the ELISA Summit, which took place virtually on September 7-8 to gather Linux community members and attendees from around the world. The event, which featured…
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Addressing Space Isolation for Enhanced Safety of the Linux Kernel (Video)
Written by Igor Stoppa, Senior Software Architect at Nvidia For more than two decades, Linux has made inroad in new fields of applications, from data centres, to embedded. We see…
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Open Source Automation Development Lab Survey
Written by Philipp Ahmann, an ELISA Ambassador, Chair of the Automotive Working Group, Chair of the Systems Working Group, and Technical Business Development Manager at Bosch One of ELISA's industry…
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Linux Foundation Europe
Live at Open Source Summit Europe today, it was announced that Linux Foundation Europe launches with a dozen founding members that intend to collaborate to form a disruptive inaugural project,…
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Open Source Summit North America (Videos)
This year, Open Source Summit North America was held as an umbrella conference, composed of a collection of 14 events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open…
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Gain Skills to Enhance Your Career
It’s the time of year that kids around the world are heading back to the classroom. This is great timing to jump on the opportunity to improve your own knowledge…
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Join us at ELISA Project September Events
Launched in February 2019, the ELISA (Enabling Linux in Safety Applications) Project works with Linux kernel and safety communities to agree on what should be considered when Linux is used…
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Hazard Analysis Application to Complex Software (Video)
The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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Integrity of the Safety Application Address Space (video)
The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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Introduction to ELISA (Video)
The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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Lund Linux Con (Video)
Recently, Philipp Ahmann, an ELISA Ambassador and member of the Technical Steering Committee and Technical Business Development Manager at Bosch, had the chance to speak at the Lund Linux Con…
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ELISA’s New Systems Working Group
Written Philipp Ahmann, ELISA Ambassador and TSC member and Business Development Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH Many projects share architectural elements, including container technologies, RTOS requirements, or virtualization, but safety…
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What is a page table and why should we care about it?(Video)
In March, the ELISA Project launched the Monthly Seminar Series, which focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from the…
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Mixed-Criticality Processing on Linux (Video)
The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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Safety Monitors Inside the Kernel (Video)
The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling linux…
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Software Supply Chain Integrity Transparency & Trustworthiness and Related Community Efforts (Video)
The Spring ELISA Workshop, which took place on April 5-7 virtually, had more than 130 global registrants that learned more about the various working groups, hot topics related to enabling…
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ELISA Spring 2022 Workshop Recap
Written by Paul Albertella, ELISA Project TSC member, Chair for Open Source Engineering Process Working Group and Consultant at Codethink The ELISA Project hosted its annual Spring Workshop on April…
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ELISA Welcomes 3 Mentees!
The Linux Foundation has had a robust mentorship program for years that invests in new talent and diversity that helps the open source community – no matter what the focus…
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Apply for a Linux Foundation Training Scholarship by April 30
Written by Dan Brown, Senior Manager, Content & Social Media, Linux Foundation Training & Certification It’s that time of year - Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) Scholarships are here! Since 2011,…
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Requirements Traceability using Code Coverage
ELISA Project members will come together for a quarterly Spring Workshop on April 5-7 to learn about the latest developments, working group updates, share best practices and collaborate to drive…
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Real-time Linux Analysis Toolset (Video)
On Wednesday, March 16, the ELISA Project officially launched its Monthly Seminar Series, which focuses on hot topics related to ELISA and its mission. Presenters are members, contributors and thought leaders from…
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Make Your Voice Heard – 2022 Open Source Jobs Report!
Written by Dan Brown, Senior Manager, Content & Social Media, Linux Foundation Training & Certification The Linux Foundation has once again partnered with edX for the next iteration of the Open Source Jobs…
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Deterministic Construction Service
This blog previously ran on the Codethink website. Click here for more content like this. Paul Albertella spoke at the ELISA November 2021 Workshop about how Codethink's Deterministic Construction Service achieved…
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Established Working Group Updates
Planning is currently underway for the ELISA Project Spring Workshop, which takes place virtually on April 5-7. If you haven’t yet, you can submit a CFP here (by Friday, March 4) or register…
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Linux in Safety Systems
Planning is currently underway for the ELISA Project Spring Workshop, which takes place virtually on April 5-7. If you haven't yet, you can submit a CFP here (by Friday, March…
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ELISA Spring 2022 Workshop
Today, the ELISA Project is excited to announce the Spring 2022 Workshop will take place virtually on April 5-7 and has opened a Call for Proposals (CFP) as well as…
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How can we make Linux functionally safe for automotive?
Written by Jeffrey "Jefro" Osier-Mixon, ELISA Project Ambassador and member of the TSC and Senior Principal Community Architect at Red Hat This blog originally ran on the Red Hat website.…
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Discovery Linux Kernel Subsystems used by OpenAPS
Written by Shuah Khan, Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee, and Milan Lakhani, member of the ELISA Medical Devices Working Group Key Points Understanding system resources necessary to…
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Analyzing Open Source Interactions in Linux Based Medical Devices
Written by Kate Stewart and Jason Smith, ELISA Project Medical Devices Working Group Members The ELISA Project has several working groups with different focuses including Automotive, Linux Features for Safety-Critical…
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2022 Predictions for the ELISA Project
Happy New Year! We hope that everyone in the ELISA ecosystem and community had a wonderful and safe holiday season. As we take a look at the blank slate of…
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ELISA Ambassador: Elana Copperman
ELISA Ambassadors are technical leaders who are passionate about the mission of the ELISA Project, recognized for their expertise in functional safety and linux kernel development, and willing to help…
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Recap of the ELISA November Workshop
Written by Philipp Ahmann, ELISA Project Ambassador and TSC member The 8th ELISA Workshop, which took place on November 8-10, had 158 registrants that learned more about the various working…
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Lock in Best Pricing of the Year on Linux Foundation Training & Certification for Cyber Monday
Written by Dan Brown, Senior Manager, Content & Social Media, LF Training As we approach a new year, this is the perfect time to consider what you want your career…
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Open Source Summit (Sept 2021) Video: A Maintainable, Scalable, and Verifiable SW Qualification Approach for Automotive in Linux
Open Source Summit and Embedded Linux Conference, held in Seattle, Washington as well as virtually on September 27-30, gathered 1,944 total attendees. Approximately, 482 of those attended in person from 760 organizations across 68 countries around the globe. Learn more about…
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ELISA’s New Linux Features for Safety-Critical Systems Working Group
Written by Elana Copperman, ELISA project ambassador, Chair of the Linux Features for Safety-Critical Systems Working Group and System Safety Architect at Mobileye (Intel) The Linux Features for Safety-Critical Systems…
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ELISA’s Open Source Engineering Process Working Group
Written by Paul Albertella, Chair of the ELISA Project Open Source Engineering Process Working Group The ELISA Project's new Open-Source Engineering Process (OSEP) Working Group focuses on the role of…
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Welcome Jeffrey Osier-Mixon and John MacGregor as new ELISA Ambassadors!
ELISA Ambassadors are technical leaders who are passionate about the mission of the ELISA Project, recognized for their expertise in functional safety and linux kernel development, and willing to help others to…
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ELISA Working Groups
Since launch in February 2019, the ELISA Project has created several working groups that collaborate and work towards providing resources for System integrators to apply and use to analyze qualitatively…
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ELISA Ambassador: Philipp Ahmann
ELISA Ambassadors are technical leaders who are passionate about the mission of the ELISA Project, recognized for their expertise in functional safety and linux kernel development, and willing to help…
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Updated w/ Video: Where do Security and Safety Meet?
Written by Elana Copperman, ELISA project ambassador and System Safety Architect at Mobileye (Intel) This blog has been updated with the video from the Linux Security Summit (LSS), which took…
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Updated w/ Video: ELISA Project @ Linux Plumbers Conference
The Linux Plumbers Conference, which happened virtually on September 20-24, had a packed schedule of microconferences and tracks for the kernel, networking & BPF, GNU Tools, Birds of Feather and…
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Welcome to the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee!
Written by Shuah Khan, Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee Please join me in welcoming Jason Smith, Paul Albertella and Philipp Ahmann to the ELISA TSC. They have…
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Architecture Working Group: A report on Kernel FFI (Freedom From Interference) and some philosophical musings
Written by Eli Gurvitz, ELISA Project Ambassador and Functional Safety Architect at Intel (Mobileye) In a functional safety system FFI is required when the system consists of elements of different…
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A Guided Tour Through the PREEMPT RT castle
In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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ELISA and AUTOSAR Adaptive Brainstorm
In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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A Maintainable and Scalable Kernel Qualification Approach for Automotive
In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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ELISA Project Launches Call for Papers for November 8-10 Workshop
Since launching in 2019, the ELISA Project has continued to grow in membership, community contributions and working groups. The project’s more than 20 member companies, which include ADIT, AISIN AW…
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Linux in Basic Safety Applications
In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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Open Source Software Safety Concept Tooling in Freeplane
In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at one of the sessions…
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Usability of ISO 26262 2nd Edition for an Open Source Design
In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we’ll take a look at…
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Updates for ELISA’s Tooling Investigation and Code Improvement WorkGroup
The ELISA Project has several working groups each dedicated to a focus or use case. In today’s blog, we'll take a look at the Tool Investigation and Code Improvement WorkGroup. The…
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Xen Project: How we do functional safety
In May, the ELISA Project hosted its 7th Workshop with 239 participants from 37 different countries. For a complete recap of the workshop, click here. Today, we'll take a look…
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The Safety Architecture Working Group: Achievements & Plans
The ELISA Project has several working groups each dedicated to a focus or use case. In today's blog, we'll take a look at the Safety Architecture Working Group, which aim's…
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We invite you to get your hands dirty with the Automotive Working Group!
Written by Philipp Ahmann, ELISA Project Ambassador and Manager at ADIT Where it all started - The automotive WG The ELISA Project was launched two years ago by the Linux…
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A Recap of the 7th ELISA Workshop
Written by Gabriele Paoloni, Chair of the ELISA Project Governing Board and Lead Software Architect at Intel, and Paul Albertella, Contributor and Member of the ELISA Project and Consultant at…
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Interview with Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer & Linux Fellow
Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer, Linux Fellow and Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee Jason Perlow, Director of Project Insights and Editorial Content at the Linux Foundation, had an…
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The ELISA Workshop: Functional Safety at Xen Project
Written by George Dunlap, Xen Project Advisory Board Chair Tailored versions of Xen Hypervisor have been used in mission-critical systems for years, but this was never the case for Xen's…
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ELISA Project Mentorships – Apply Today!
The ELISA Project is sponsoring two part-time summer mentorships, which runs from June 1- November. ELISA Project Ambassador Lukas Bulwahn will be mentoring both projects. Linux Kernel: Checkpatch Documentation Previous…
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Safety-related Software, Linux, and Certification
Contributed by Jason R. Smith, Principal Engineer, UL LLC and ELISA Ambassador In my nearly 16 years as a certification engineer focusing on safety-related software and functional safety, on many…
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Making CodeChecker Ready for Kernel Developers
Contributed by Jay Rajput, ELISA 2020-2021 Mentee The following is a brief report of my project carried out as a part of the ELISA/LFX mentorship program. The primary goal of…
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A look back at the 6th ELISA Workshop
By Elana Copperman at Mobileye, Philipp Ahmann at ADIT More than 120 registered participants, half of them first time joiners, can look back to 3 days of the 6th ELISA…
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ELISA Workshop #6 Virtual February 2-4, 2021
The ELISA Workshop #6 will be held over 3 days, February 2-4, 2021. Once again the ELISA technical community will gather virtually to continue advancing on topics and work relevant…
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ELISA Workshop #5 Virtual September 29 – October 1
The ELISA community will collaborate virtually September 29 to October 1. Over twenty sessions with topics ranging from Working Group updates to deep dives into linux technologies, follow-ups from Linux Plumber…
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