Written by Igor Stoppa, Senior Software Architect at NVIDIA and ELISA Project contributor
The ELISA Project’s Open-Source Engineering Process (OSEP) Working Group examines how software engineering processes can be used to facilitate the certification of safety-critical systems incorporating Linux and other FOSS. They aim to consider the roles that a Linux-based OS might have in such systems, and identify how FOSS developers, system integrators and product creators can specify these, and provide evidence to support associated safety arguments.
These documents below, which were contributed to the ELISA PROJECT OSEP WG are intended to help functional safety professionals, linux kernel developers, assessors and oems find a common ground:
1. Checklist of FuSa woes associated to Linux in a safety context
2. Contextualizing safety requirements in the scope of a Linux system
3. Analyzing interference within a Linux System based on arm
Although they are not written in the formal language typical of Functional Safety, they cover important technical aspects that might not be obvious to those who are not familiar with Linux.
They can also help with introducing FuSa concepts to Linux engineers and can be a supporting tool to anyone trying to reach safety goals on a system based on Linux.
Ideally, they can help both assessors and OEMs who are either transitioning or considering the transition to a Linux based system, in evaluating the offerings and FuSa solutions that they have available.
Check out the contributions and learn more about the OSEP WG here.