BayLibre open-sources a relay extension for Copilot

We’ve just released a new open-source hardware extension for Copilot Lite: the Triple Relay board. Copilot Lite is a small device used to control the power and UART of a Device Under Test (DUT). The relay extension is a HAT-style expansion that stacks directly on top of Copilot Lite and adds three independently controllable signal […]

BayLibre contributions to Linux v7.2

Linux v7.2 was released on August 16, 2026. BayLibre contributed 199 authored commits, spanning a tree-wide modernization of device-ID tables, the IIO subsystem, dual-DAC support for the m68k ColdFire architecture, hierarchical power domains, and fixes across PWM, WiFi, and the VT console. The 7.2 cycle was the second-busiest in the kernel’s history, with 16,418 non-merge […]

BayLibre contributions to Linux v7.1

Linux v7.1 was released on June 14, 2026. BayLibre contributed 22 authored commits across IIO, VT, PWM, platform enablement, and other subsystems. IIO: Multi-Lane SPI and Driver Modernization David Lechner extended the AD7380 driver with multi-lane SPI support, enabling the maximum sample rate by wiring each ADC channel to its own SDO line and reading […]

BayLibre contributions to U-Boot v2026.07

U-Boot v2026.07 was released on July 6, 2026. BayLibre was the top contributing company and David Lechner the top contributor. The release centered on MediaTek: a clock-framework rework across every in-tree MediaTek SoC, MT8189 and MT8195 SoC bring-up, a new PMIC wrapper stack, and upstream TI devicetree work on the CPSW and musb drivers. MediaTek […]

BayLibre’s Contributions to GCC 16

The GNU Compiler Collection project released GCC version 16.1 on April 30, 2026. Once again, BayLibre’s Compiler Services team were among top contributors to the annual release; with 363 total commits, BayLibre ranks 6th this release cycle when counting commits tagged with corporate or institutional e-mail addresses (behind Red Hat, Qualcomm/Ventana Micro, AdaCore, SUSE, and […]

PGP keysigning

If you’re wondering “I participated in a PGP keysigning event, what am I supposed to do now?”, this blog post is for you. When you come home after (e.g.) Embedded Recipes 2026 and participated in the keysigning event you should have a list of other participants with their verified names and certificate fingerprints. A useful […]

BayLibre contributions to Yocto wrynose

Yocto Wrynose (6.0) was released on May 13, 2026, following Whinlatter (5.3). BayLibre contributed 56 authored commits across openembedded-core, meta-openembedded, meta-riscv, meta-updater, and the Yocto autobuilder configuration repositories. meta-riscv Spacemit K1 platform The bulk of Trevor Gamblin’s meta-riscv work introduces a structured K1 platform family. A new k1-image.bbclass automates bootinfo_sd.bin embedding into the wic image. […]

Baylibre Partners with SpacemiT to Bring Android 16 to RISC-V

BayLibre is proud to announce a successful collaboration with SpacemiT to enable initial functionalities of Android 16 on the SpacemiT K1 (RISC-V RVA22 + RVV 1.0) System-on-Chip (SOC). This achievement marks a significant step toward validating and accelerating Android enablement on high-end RISC-V platforms. The Purpose: Paving the Way for Future RISC-V Adoption The main […]

BayLibre contributions to Zephyr v4.4.0

Zephyr v4.4.0 was released on April 14, 2026. BayLibre contributed 256 authored commits spanning cryptography, ARM64 architecture, LoRa/LoRaWAN, and driver support. Cryptography: Mbed TLS 4.x and TF-PSA-Crypto 1.x Valerio Setti led the integration of Mbed TLS 4.1 and TF-PSA-Crypto 1.1 into Zephyr. For the time being Mbed TLS 3.6 is retained only for compatibility reasons, […]

BayLibre contributions to U-Boot v2026.04

U-Boot v2026.04 was released on April 6, 2026. MediaTek Clock Driver David Lechner overhauled the MediaTek clock driver infrastructure in this release. The first area of work was safety. David added size fields to the core clock data structures. These enable bounds checking on array accesses that currently occur without any range validation. He also […]