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Embedded Software Engineer @LinaroOrg, Amlogic Linux SoC, Display & U-Boot upstream maintainer. @[email protected]

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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
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I am thrilled to be back at FOSDEM. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet with the open source community and connect with fellow developers at such a great conference! Please join me this Saturday in the FOSS on Mobile devroom, 18:30 | Room UB4.132 #FOSDEM
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@LinaroOrg
Linaro
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Linaro is proud to collaborate with Valve and support the open source Linux development for the recently announced Steam Frame! Check out the announcement here: https://t.co/dQGqhDs1gl ♾️
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Collaboration and communication are at the heart of Linux kernel development. In the second part of our series, we explore how to work effectively with the Linux kernel community. Read more here 👉 https://t.co/HoFRk2yV9n
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
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If you want to know more about Device Tree validation, you can look at my @LinaroOrg colleague Krzysztof Kozlowski’s talk he did in this year's #EOSS in Seattle https://t.co/XiUIk9INir!
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
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Let’s go back to Amlogic, were I started converting the text file to yaml bindings in August 2019 (see [3]), and finally ended the transition early this month with the patch [4]. This makes the Amlogic ARM64 Device Trees join fully documented along other platforms like Samsung …
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
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Around one year ago, I upstreamed support for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and it was fully documented from day 1, and most of the changes was yaml bindings change since the SoC was mainly an upgrade from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 I helped upstream 2 years ago. …
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
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For reference, there were 3278 text bindings in Linux 4.20 git tree, in today’s Linux next for v6.12 only 1250 text files remains but there’s 4345 yaml files now! In addition to the transition to yaml bindings, new platforms were introduced using the new format. …
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
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Thus “dtschema” made it possible to write bindings in YAML and the developed scripts would convert Device Tree in YAML and run a validation with JSON Schema validation. This was merged in end of 2018 then conversion of the text files in YAML files started. …
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
1 year
But those were written in human readable open text format, without any automated way to verify Device Tree files. There were numerous attempts, but ultimately Rob Herring leveraged JSON Schema [1] into “dtschema” [2] leading to this patch serie https://t.co/FNwWhkIGbR.
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
1 year
Since the beginning of Device Tree on Linux, we documented how it should be written so drivers could know what to expect, it’s called “bindings”, it’s a sort of “contract” between Device Tree and drivers. …
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
1 year
I’m happy to announce the Amlogic ARM64 Device Tree is now fully documented in linux-next, ready for v6.12! If you want to know how, just follow the thread…
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Linaro
1 year
The first binary release of U-Boot for @Qualcomm boards is here! Whether you’re booting from USB, internal storage, or experimenting with KVM on the RB5, U-Boot provides a versatile and powerful solution. Check it out now: https://t.co/tHxWvU4PBB #embeddedsystems #IoT
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Today we announce the first binary release of U-Boot for Qualcomm boards, following a year long bringup and upstreaming effort....
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@nixcraft
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#linux users right now 🐧
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Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, made its inaugural flight from @EuropeSpacePort in French Guiana at 20:00 BST/21:00 CEST on 9 July. This launch brings Europe into a new era of autonomous space transportation and powers Europe into space to realise its ambitions on the
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Article très long mais très touffu sur la genèse de git. Un must-read écrit par @brachiosoft - partagé par le sieur @PierreArlais :
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Neil Armstrong @[email protected]
2 years
Dans moins de 5j je vous parlerais de mon métier à l’Azur Tech Summer: Hacker Linux :-)
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Telecom Valley
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Azur Tech Summer☀️J-7 Anticiper, Intégrer les nouvelles technologies dans vos stratégies, Optimiser vos processus de recrutement, Créer une culture d'innovation pour vos équipes, Rechercher des contacts pour une transformation numérique Ca vous dit ? 👉
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Linaro
2 years
Linaro is Gold Sponsor of the #EmbeddedOSSummit and one of the most active contributors to the Linux Kernel. We are at booth E24, if you already know us please stop by and say hello 👋 , if you don't know Linaro yet come meet the team and get all the answers you need 🖖
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