BayLibre contributions to the Linux Kernel, v4.8

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Version 4.8 of the Linux kernel has just been announced and you can see the always excellent summary of new features at KernelNewbies as well as an overview at LWN.net.

At BayLibre, we’re active in the kernel development community and here’s a brief summary of our contributions merged into v4.8:

Support for the Amlogic 64-bit SoCs:

  • Basic boot, DT support, timers, IRQs
  • Core drivers: clock controller, pin controller, reset controller
  • Ethernet
  • Boards: Amlogic P200 board, Hardkernel Odroid-C2 board

Misc. ARM SoC support

  • Add support for Qualcomm MDM9615
  • TI DaVinci: add support for DA850-LCDK board: NAND, SD/MMC, ethernet
  • Oxford Semiconductor OXNAS family: pinctrl, GPIO, timers

Other Drivers

  • Support to read at24 EEPROMs on BayLibre: ACME boards

In total, 63 patches authored by BayLibre engineers were merged this cycle.  See the kernel git tree for all the details.

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Kernel Recipes 2016

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BayLibre was proud to be a sponsor of this this years Kernel Recipes conference in Paris.  Kernel Recipes is a small, technical conference focused on various topics related to the Linux Kernel.

I was a speaker again this year, and  gave a talk about the kernelci.org project.  The talk was a brief overview of the project, its history and ways to contribute.   Slides available here and video recordings are also available.

One of the fun parts of Kernel Recipes was all the speakers and some lucky audience members got caricatures of them drawn by artist Frank Tizzoni.  Here is one of me and one of the crowd, with a bunch more available on Kernel Recipes Twitter feed.