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+ +%image "linux_netfilter_singapore_entertainment.jpg" + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Linux is everywhere + +Linux is everywhere! + Linux mobile phones (Motorola, Openmoko) + In-flight entertainment systems + Embedded networking gear + DSLAMs + rack monitoring + Public payphones + ATM's / PoS / vending machines + Now even Fitness gear (Daum Ergometer) + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Strengths of FOSS [0/4] + + +What are the true strengths of FOSS + Innovative and creative development + Security due to code review / bugreport / patches + Long-term maintainable code + Stable and reliable systems + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Strengths of FOSS [1/4] + + +Innovative and creative development + easy-to-read existing codebase + standard (FOSS) development tools + thus, easy to modify and add features + community will build around great new features/apps + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Strengths of FOSS [2/4] + + +Security due to code review / bugreport / patches + all the code is out there + many people are familiar with existing architecture + code quality requirements usually very high + community process allows quick and fast integration of bugfix + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Strengths of FOSS [3/4] + + +Long-term maintainable code, because + there's a lot of attention on good software architecture + many developers are familiar with the shared/common API's + code quality requirements usually very high + all code in mainline gets maintained and updated + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Strengths of FOSS [4/4] + + +Stable and reliable systems, because + code quality requirements usually very high + kernel releases are quite frequent + all mainline code is automatically ported to new releases + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Reality Check + + + So we should have the perfect world + tons of embedded Linux products + all of them maintainable, secure, stable + encouraging lots of creative work on top of their codebase + + What is the reality + tons of embedded Linux products + none of the strengths of FOSS present in 99% of them + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Differences to PC Linux + + +Differences to Linux on a PC + In the PC world, I can + download the latest kernel from kernel.org + compile + install it on almost every current+old platform + have an almost 100% chance that it will boot and support all the major peripherals + only some more obscure hardware might not have drivers yet + update at any time to the latest 2.6.x.y maintenance release + update at any time to the next 2.6.(x+1) release + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Differences to PC Linux + + +Differences to Linux on a PC + In the PC world, I can + take about any major Linux distribution, based on my own preference + install and run that very distribution on about any hardware + distribution kernels are very close to mainline these days + benefit of regular security updates by distributions + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Differences to PC Linux + + +Differences to Linux on a PC + In the Embedded world + every CPU/SoC maker runs their own kernel tree + often one kernel tree per product, based on different mainline versions + ages-old base revisions + a never-ending security nightmare + no benefit from recent new features in mainline + non-standard subsystems (e.g. different USB device or SDIO stack) + proprietary drivers cause lock-in to old kernels + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Differences to PC Linux + + +Differences to Linux on a PC + In the Embedded world + I often do not have a choice of which distro to run + There might actually be no distribution + No regular security updates + Often no package management for deploying those updates + If there are distributions, they either need to use the kernel from the BSP (which is ages old) or create yet another custom off-mainline branch/port + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Differences to PC Linux + + + + +%center +THIS SUCKS! + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +What does the vendor get + + +So what do the embedded vendors get? + unstable software + security nightmares + unmaintainable code + no innovation + no user-contributed bug fixes + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +What does the vendor get + + +unstable software + because the code really sucks in many cases + because they patch around problems rather than solving them + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +What does the vendor get + + +security nightmares + because they use stone-age forks of the kernel + because they never contributed their code mainline + because those forks can never be merged back with mainline again + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +What does the vendor get + + +unmaintainable code + because they have one fork of the code per device (product) + because their code quality sucks + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +What does the vendor get + + +no innovation + because they try to hide their code (gpl-violations.org) + because their R&D environment is non-standard + weird cross-toolchains that nobody has seen before + weird filesystems with custom patches that nobody knows + because they add proprietary components to lock developers from adding features + e.g. the entire web-based UI for embedded networking gear + binary-only kernel modules that force people to use old kernels with no interesting new features + because it is, overall, way too hard to develop on/for their platform + because they don't disclose serial console and/or JTAG access + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Reality Check + + +So why do they still do it? + there can only be one conclusion: + they never understood the real potential of FOSS! + all they do is try to compete with what proprietary competitors do + they never think about creating platforms, every product is distinct/separate + they have no interest in improving their products + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +What does the community get + + +So what does the community get? + products that run some crappy fork of Linux somewhere under the hood + but which we cannot really touch/modify without a lot of effort + we face opposition from the product maker if we want to help him to improve + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +TODO (device maker) + + +What should the device vendor do? + stop thinking in terms of selling black boxes + defining products that take advantage of the true strength of FOSS + compete against the proprietary competition on a level that they can't match + give up the idea of defining all aspects of an appliance + rather think of building an extensible platforms and let community innovate + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +A note to chip vendors + + +There are two types of customers + The Linux-aware customer + understands FOSS much better than you do + will share the criticism of this talk + will likely go to a competitor who understands Linux better + The Linux-unaware customer + who just uses Linux to save per-unit OS royalties + who doesn't really care about most issues presented here + who will create inferior products + Linux-awareness is increasing, not decreasing + now is already late, but if you don't have proper FOSS support on your agenda now, you will likely loose the "openness competition" + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +TODO (chip maker) + + +What should the chip vendors do? + engage in "sustainable development" + develop against latest mainline + make your development trees public (use git!), don't just release stable snapshots as BSP to your tier-one customers + actively interact with the community + learn how to play by the rules (coding style, use common interfaces, no proprietary drivers) + don't just do big code drops every now and then + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +TODO (chip maker) + + +What should the chip vendors do? + Externally + Don't mistake FOSS as just a technology. It is a R&D philosophy! + Provide public reference manuals with no NDA + If you have to resort to NDA, make sure they are FOSS friendly + Ensure you don't license IP cores that conflict with FOSS + Internally + Draft a proper in-house FOSS strategy with clear goals + Don't expect your product mangers or engineers to know everything about FOSS without proper training + Hire people with strong community background into your R&D and management to facilitate the know-how transfer + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Lessons Learnt (chip maker) + + + Chip Product Managers need to learn + There's more Linux use with their chips than they ever learn + Their customers are not just the tier-one customers + If you want to support Linux, do it the mainline way. If you support only N number of distributions, your 'N' will be growing and you'll be wasting R&D resources to support each one of them + That there is no single 'contact window' / entity for Linux + The big change is the FOSS development model, not the Linux API's + Linux-aware customers care not only about performance+price, but also about the quality of the Linux port code + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Lessons Learnt (chip maker) + + + BSP R&D Managers need to learn + Linux is not just a set of API's for their developers to learn + Linux is FOSS. The FOSS R&D model is different + Their engineers need to be encouraged to communicate + and thus, need real Internet (git, mailing lists, ..) + have to get clear indication what is confidential and what not + FOSS is about cooperation. You don't need to reinvent the wheel + don't include your own 802.11 stack in your wifi driver + If you do not merge your code mainline, you end up in a maintenance nightmare + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Lessons Learnt (chip maker) + + + BSP Software Engineers need to learn + Linux is not just a set of API's + How and where to ask the right kind of questions + How and where to look for the latest code + Code is written to be read by other people, not just to execute + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +TODO (community) + +What should the community do + Provide non-partisan documentation + on FOSS advantages, proper FOSS development + hardware companies are interested to learn, but don't know who to ask. If they ask a commercial distributor, then they get in bed with them, which is not the same as working with the mainline development community + Something like a mentoring program + take software/driver R&D by their hand and walk them through the mainline merge + Don't scare them away + They have to be taught about the communication / review culture + Your valid criticism to patches has to be explained + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Problems (chipmaker) + + Patent licensing schemes + e.g. MPEG patent license doesn't at all work in a FOSS model + Technology licensing schemes + e.g. Sony Memorystick. Impossible for a chip maker to provide FOSS driver + Everyone in the industry has those very same problems + Chip makers should cooperate to present their case together to the respective licensors + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Problems (chipmaker) + + Patent trolls + openly accessible documentation invites patent trolls + Why? + patent trolls rarely read+understand FOSS code + thus, open documentation increases the risk to be hit + However + this is a by-product of how the patent system currently works + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Outlook + +Outlook + We will see even more embedded Linux, e.g. Mobile phones + We will see even more restricted devices (Tivo-ization, DRM for code) + which go on _very_ thin ice even with GPLv2 + which almost completely remove all freedoms of FOSS + We have some faint dim light at the end of a very far tunnel + e.g. projects like Openmoko, who truly see openness as a feature + e.g. chip makers who slowly open up a bit more + on the PC side, Intel definitely is setting the best overall example + on the Embedded side, I see some movement in major players (TI, Marvell, Samsung, Infineon, ...) + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Thanks + + Thanks for your attention. + + Some Time left for Q&A + + Enjoy the FOSS.in / 2008 diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/embedded_linux.pdf b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/embedded_linux.pdf Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ddda07 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/embedded_linux.pdf diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/index.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f104f1 --- /dev/null +++ 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Embedded Linux [not] right +Introduction + +Why am I qualified? +The 'Linux community' POV +Former kernel subsystem maintainer (netfilter/iptables) +Initiator of OpenEZX project +Author of various drivers for embedded hardware +The 'embedded Linux done the right way' POV +Lead System Architect (SW+HW) at Openmoko, Inc. +Co-creator of Open Hardware + Software for RFID +OpenPCD, OpenPICC, librfid, libmrtd +The 'chip manufacturer' POV +Open Source Liaison at VIA Technologies, Inc. +The 'customer of consumer-grade embedded Linux' POV +Done reverse-engineering on hundreds of devices for gpl-violations.org + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00004.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00004.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ba9fec --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00004.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00004.txt>[text page]</A> 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+because they try to hide their code (gpl-violations.org) +because their R&D environment is non-standard +weird cross-toolchains that nobody has seen before +weird filesystems with custom patches that nobody knows +because they add proprietary components to lock developers from adding features +e.g. the entire web-based UI for embedded networking gear +binary-only kernel modules that force people to use old kernels with no interesting new features +because it is, overall, way too hard to develop on/for their platform +because they don't disclose serial console and/or JTAG access + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00022.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00022.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b33a5a --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00022.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00022.txt>[text page]</A> <A 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potential of FOSS! +all they do is try to compete with what proprietary competitors do +they never think about creating platforms, every product is distinct/separate +they have no interest in improving their products + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00023.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00023.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5528b96 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00023.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00023.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00022.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00024.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 23: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00023.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 23"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git 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better +The Linux-unaware customer +who just uses Linux to save per-unit OS royalties +who doesn't really care about most issues presented here +who will create inferior products +Linux-awareness is increasing, not decreasing +now is already late, but if you don't have proper FOSS support on your agenda now, you will likely loose the "openness competition" + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00026.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00026.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..062a6be --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00026.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00026.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00025.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00027.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 26: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00026.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 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proprietary drivers) +don't just do big code drops every now and then + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00027.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00027.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb463b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00027.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00027.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00026.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00028.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 27: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00027.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 27"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00027.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00027.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a13ca8 --- 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It is a R&D philosophy! +Provide public reference manuals with no NDA +If you have to resort to NDA, make sure they are FOSS friendly +Ensure you don't license IP cores that conflict with FOSS +Internally +Draft a proper in-house FOSS strategy with clear goals +Don't expect your product mangers or engineers to know everything about FOSS without proper training +Hire people with strong community background into your R&D and management to facilitate the know-how transfer + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eac927b --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00028.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00027.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00029.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 28: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00028.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 28"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0b4494 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7b7f4d --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00028.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Lessons Learnt (chip maker) + + +Chip Product Managers need to learn +There's more Linux use with their chips than they ever learn +Their customers are not just the tier-one customers +If you want to support Linux, do it the mainline way. If you support only N number of distributions, your 'N' will be growing and you'll be wasting R&D resources to support each one of them +That there is no single 'contact window' / entity for Linux +The big change is the FOSS development model, not the Linux API's +Linux-aware customers care not only about performance+price, but also about the quality of the Linux port code + + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..25e5eb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00029.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00028.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00030.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 29: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00029.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 29"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..0fa6122 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..87e4e97 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00029.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Lessons Learnt (chip maker) + + +BSP R&D Managers need to learn +Linux is not just a set of API's for their developers to learn +Linux is FOSS. The FOSS R&D model is different +Their engineers need to be encouraged to communicate +and thus, need real Internet (git, mailing lists, ..) +have to get clear indication what is confidential and what not +FOSS is about cooperation. You don't need to reinvent the wheel +don't include your own 802.11 stack in your wifi driver +If you do not merge your code mainline, you end up in a maintenance nightmare + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e777c4d --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00030.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00029.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00031.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 30: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00030.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 30"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2f18eb --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33ee8a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00030.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Lessons Learnt (chip maker) + + +BSP Software Engineers need to learn +Linux is not just a set of API's +How and where to ask the right kind of questions +How and where to look for the latest code +Code is written to be read by other people, not just to execute + + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f00407 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00031.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00030.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00032.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 31: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00031.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 31"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e19e9e --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ced731 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00031.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +TODO (community) + +What should the community do +Provide non-partisan documentation +on FOSS advantages, proper FOSS development +hardware companies are interested to learn, but don't know who to ask. If they ask a commercial distributor, then they get in bed with them, which is not the same as working with the mainline development community +Something like a mentoring program +take software/driver R&D by their hand and walk them through the mainline merge +Don't scare them away +They have to be taught about the communication / review culture +Your valid criticism to patches has to be explained + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e08d164 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00032.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00031.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00033.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 32: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00032.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 32"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8ec856 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23d1b7f --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00032.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Problems (chipmaker) + +Patent licensing schemes +e.g. MPEG patent license doesn't at all work in a FOSS model +Technology licensing schemes +e.g. Sony Memorystick. Impossible for a chip maker to provide FOSS driver +Everyone in the industry has those very same problems +Chip makers should cooperate to present their case together to the respective licensors + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4f14ba --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00033.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00032.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00034.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 33: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00033.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 33"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..7288a48 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..50688e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00033.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Problems (chipmaker) + +Patent trolls +openly accessible documentation invites patent trolls +Why? +patent trolls rarely read+understand FOSS code +thus, open documentation increases the risk to be hit +However +this is a by-product of how the patent system currently works + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eab270f --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00034.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00033.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 34: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00034.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 34"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b564501 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b1916e --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00034.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Outlook + +Outlook +We will see even more embedded Linux, e.g. Mobile phones +We will see even more restricted devices (Tivo-ization, DRM for code) +which go on _very_ thin ice even with GPLv2 +which almost completely remove all freedoms of FOSS +We have some faint dim light at the end of a very far tunnel +e.g. projects like Openmoko, who truly see openness as a feature +e.g. chip makers who slowly open up a bit more +on the PC side, Intel definitely is setting the best overall example +on the Embedded side, I see some movement in major players (TI, Marvell, Samsung, Infineon, ...) + + diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.html b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb42f17 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00034.html>[<prev]</A> [next>] [last>>] +<BR>Page 35: How to do Embedded Linux [not] right<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00035.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 35"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.png b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..7852fce --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.png diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.txt b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6813598 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/html/mgp00035.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +How to do Embedded Linux [not] right +Thanks + +Thanks for your attention. + +Some Time left for Q&A + +Enjoy the FOSS.in / 2008 diff --git a/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/linux_netfilter_singapore_entertainment.jpg b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/linux_netfilter_singapore_entertainment.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..91b839f --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/embedded_linux-fossin2008/linux_netfilter_singapore_entertainment.jpg |
