Binary Package Feeds for Yocto Project – Yocto Project Summit 2019

Abstract As storage size and processing power is increasing on the low end of embedded devices, using full distributions on embedded and IoT devices is becoming more pervasive. The ease of use, larger user communities, and ability to easily add precompiled packages could cause current users to drop Yocto in favor of one of the … Continued

Transitioning from long term stable to CI/CD – Yocto Project Summit 2019

Abstract: Using the Yocto Project master branch for a CI/CD (DevOps) approach has it’s challenges.  I will discuss moving from a stable release and uplift strategy to a continuous integration, continuous development and continuous delivery model using Yocto Project, OpenEmbedded and related community layers.  I will include information on my experiences and the challenges as … Continued

Yocto Project and CVEs – Yocto Project Summit 2019

Abstract: The Yocto Project community is doing a lot of work around CVEs, but that work is not always visible to our members. This presentation covers how CVEs are processed and the tools to help support this work, in particular the Security Response Tool contributed last year and the various CVE build check tools. We … Continued

Creating Friendly Layers – Yocto Project Summit 2019

Abstract: Recent years have seen a proliferation in Yocto Project layers from hardware manufacturers, software companies and hobbyist developers. The typical Yocto Project workflow involves pulling several of these layers together from different sources and crossing your fingers to hope that they all play nicely with each other. However, many layers are in practice mutually … Continued

YOCTO PROJECT® SUMMIT 2019

DATE: Thursday, October 31 – Friday, November 1, 2019TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pmLOCATION: Lyon Convention CenterREGISTRATION:Together with your ELCE registration or standalone registration.The Yocto Project Summit, scheduled for October 31-November 1, 2019 at the Lyon Convention Centre, Lyon, France, is a technical conference for engineers, open source technologists, students and academia in the OSS space. … Continued

YOCTO PROJECT® SUMMIT 2019

DATE: Thursday, October 31 – Friday, November 1, 2019TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pmLOCATION: Lyon Convention CenterREGISTRATION:Together with your ELCE registration or standalone registration.The Yocto Project Summit, scheduled for October 31-November 1, 2019 at the Lyon Convention Centre, Lyon, France, is a technical conference for engineers, open source technologists, students and academia in the OSS space. … Continued

Comcast Upgrades Yocto Project Membership Level to Platinum

The project is pleased to announce that Comcast upgraded their Yocto Project membership level to Platinum, effective January 1, 2019. Comcast joined in 2017 and has consistently been a strong supporter of the Yocto Project.  Comcast has contributed in all facets of the Project – from Technical with Khem Raj as the maintainer for the … Continued

Yocto Project® Welcomes New Members, Advances Open Source Embedded Systems Through Momentum

Arm and Facebook demonstrate support for open source embedded technologies VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Yocto Project, an open source collaboration project that helps developers create custom Linux-based systems for embedded products, today announces continued growth with two new platinum members, an upcoming project release and ongoing community engagement. The Yocto Project provides a … Continued

Welcome Lineo Solutions to the Yocto Project

Lineo Solutions has joined the Yocto Project as a silver member. We welcome them heartily – and indeed it is a welcome back, as Lineo was involved with the OpenEmbedded project way back in the early 2000s, before it even became OpenEmbedded! Lineo was involved in the original project to port Linux to the Sharp … Continued

Intel Upgrades to Platinum

The project is pleased to announce that Intel Corporation has become the first Platinum member of the project. Intel is a founding member of the Yocto Project, and has been a Gold member since 2011. The Yocto Project has always had two levels for corporate participation: Gold and Silver, which are similar to the same … Continued