[yocto-ab] YP Advisory Board VOTE: Javier Garcia-Lasheras, YP Participant

[Otavio Salvador]

Yes from O.S. Systems

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Jeffrey Osier-Mixon <jefro at jefro.net> wrote:
> Javier Garcia-Lasheras is restructuring his consulting business around YP,
> but more than that, he is also issuing a YP layer supporting the open
> hardware repo at CERN called White Rabbit that provides ultra-high accuracy
> and precision in distributed systems. This system is used in CERN's Large
> Hadron Collider as well as at several other major scientific labs.
>
> Personally I think that spells AWESOME.
>
> Please vote yes/no for Javier as YP Participant.
>
> Javier himself: http://www.garcialasheras.com/
>
> White Rabbit layer: http://www.ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/wiki
>
> More info from Javi:
>
> Here you have the "meta-spec" layer, hosted on CERN's OHR repository:
> http://www.ohwr.org/projects/meta-spec/wiki
>
> NOTE: I've requested to OpenEmbedded.org the inclusion of "meta-spec" into
> the public layer index. It's under revision right now.
>
> The meta-spec layer provides Simple PCIe FMC Carrier (SPEC) support to x86
> and x86-64 machines. If you are curious about the work we are doing on Open
> Hardware at CERN, take a look to the included links -- White Rabbit & SPEC
> are important concepts ;-)
>
> The White Rabbit and the SPEC board are being used to synchronize the
> biggest experimental physics deployments, such as LHC, FAIR... so this layer
> is aimed to bring Yocto Project to the experimental physics community. Here
> you have the WhiteRabbit and SPEC user list:
> http://www.ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/wiki/WRUsers
>
> In addition, the SPEC carrier includes a reprogrammable FPGA. In this
> version, the bitstream binaries are handled as an already synthesized binary
> file. I'm currently working as the project manager for the CERN's HDLMake
> toolchain.
>
> HDLMake is a Python tool that CERN uses to perform automated synthesis and
> simulation from command line. Something similar to Yocto Project, but this
> case in the "gateware" reign (VHDL, Verilog...).
> http://www.ohwr.org/projects/hdl-make/wiki
>
> I would like to include FPGA bitstream synthesis support in the meta-spec
> layer by using HDLMake. In this way, I believe this would be a nice
> experimental experience with the potential of providing new
> reconfigurable-hardware features to Yocto Project.
>
> The reason I believe the "Yocto Project Participant" consideration would be
> nice, It's because this would give more confidence to my Yocto Project usage
> proposal inside the OHR community... but let's see what happens!
>
> Best regards and thank you very much!
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Yocto Project <webmaster at yoctoproject.org>
> Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:09 AM
> Subject: Advisory Board Ballot: Yocto Project Participant Registration
> To: jefro at jefro.net
>
>
> Submitted on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - 08:09
> Submitted by anonymous user: [82.213.183.239]
> Submitted values are:
>
>    --Contact information--
>      Organization / project name: Garcia-Lasheras
>      Contact name: Javier D. Garcia Lasheras
>      Contact email address: javier at garcialasheras.com
>      URL to organization or product link:
>      http://www.garcialasheras.com
>      Registration date: 2014-11-04
>      Compliance Agreement revision: 1.0
>
>
> Criteria:
>   - Visibly participating in the Yocto Project community. Please
> describeyour
> participation in the comments section below.: Yes
>   - Working towards and supporting the aims and objectives of the Yocto
> Project. These include decreasing the fragmentation of embedded ecosystem
> and
> focusing around a common shared set of tools, formats and best practices. We
> want to avoid multiple groups of people repeating the same work and have one
> set of great tools rather than multiple tools with drawbacks.: Yes
>   - Committed to promoting the OpenEmbedded architecture, layer model,
> andBSP
> format.: Yes
>   - Are all your publicly accessible layers listed in the OpenEmbedded
> Layers
> index (http://layers.openembedded.org)?: Yes
>   - Committed to sending to the open source community any patches to
> OpenEmbedded-Core, BitBake and other Yocto Project layers.: Yes
>   - Aiming for compatibility and interoperability among different metadata
> layers.: Yes
>   - Are a non-profit, small business (up to 80 employees), or existing Yocto
> Project member organization, or if the project's parent organization is an
> open-source project.: Yes
> Explanation:
> I'm an independent consultant focused on embedded systems and a passionate
> Open Science advocate. My skills and services mostly involve embedded linux
> +
> FPGA enabled coprocessor.
> I've pushed Yocto in the local market by spreading the word and providing
> support services.
> In addition, I'm currently working on a set of Yocto layers targeted to
> support White Rabbit protocol enabled platforms inside the CERN's Open
> Hardware Repository initiative.
> http://www.ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/wiki
> Now, I would like to take the next step by officially becoming a Yocto
> Project participant and centering my services portfolio around the Yocto
> ecosystem.
>
>
>
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>
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