BoF: Embedded Linux Ecosystem
summary
Scorecards claim progress in some areas but reality shows gaps: system size and boot time are not solved, security and audio/video are still in progress, and power management and real‑time need holistic fixes. The room totals ~600 while the global base is ~250,000–1,000,000 developers. Concrete pain points include maintainer gap and heavy out‑of‑tree work (example: a company reports ~2000 out-of-tree patches, historically cases hit millions of lines). Existing resources mentioned: eLinux wiki and an underused embedded-linux mailing list, plus tools like Fuego for testing; admin funding for the wiki is at risk.
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chapters (27)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:18Status
- 2:26Technology Scorecard
- 3:58Development Scorecard
- 5:56Paradox of Embedded
- 7:11Ecosystem
- 9:51Issues
- 10:17Out of Tree
- 12:17Ecosystem Members
- 13:24What problems do we share
- 14:28How can we increase our community
- 15:01What can we do to make it easier
- 15:21Resources
- 15:50ELinux Wiki
- 16:33Admin Funding
- 17:30Linux Wiki
- 18:51Kernelorg Mailing List
- 21:02Conferences
- 26:12Discussion Time
- 27:56Maintainer Gap
- 29:22More metrics
- 33:15Consumer Contributors
- 33:37LTS Release
- 34:36Obstacles
- 36:37Using reference boards
- 38:49Did you know
- 39:12Focus Beyond
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