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Linux Kernel Design Documentation (Video)

By January 29, 2025Blog, Workshop

Kernel design documentation is not just an administrative task—it is essential for ensuring reliability, safety, and compliance in mission-critical systems. It serves as a foundation for certification, debugging, maintenance, and future improvements, ultimately reducing risk and increasing system dependability.

In the last ELISA Project Workshop, hosted at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, from December 10 to 12, 2024, speakers Gabriele Paoloni, Sr Principal Engineer and Open Source Community Technical Leader at Red Hat; Chuck Wolber and Kate Stewart, Vice President of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, gave a presentation, “Linux Kernel Design Documentation.”

The goals for this session were to:
A) Share the latest findings and ideas from the Safety Architecture WG towards the high level next steps discussed at Linux Plumbers Conference
B) Create more detailed next steps and respective forums

View the video below:

The ELISA Workshop, which had than 30 in-person and 40 virtual attendees, brought together experts from various organizations in person and virtual, including ELISA Project member companies such as Red Hat, and Bosch, as well as representatives from NASA, Wind River, TelePIX, the Linux Foundation and more. This diverse group of professionals engaged in discussions and presentations on advancing Linux systems for space-grade applications.

Check out the ELISA Workshop @ NASA Youtube playlist to watch other videos or access the materials on the ELISA Project’s directory.

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