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2010-02-09 12:00
Spinlock annotations merged from the realtime tree to Linux mainline in 2.6.33
Raw spinlocks are the "real" spinlocks now
2010-02-08 12:00
Prof Eben Moglen on "GNU GPL Version 3: The Law Making Process"
International Conference on Commons, Users, Service Providers Internet (Self-)Regulation and Copyright
2009-11-23 12:00
Added a new HOWTO to the OSADL Website: Use BuildRoot to create a Linux image for QEMU
Guest Editor Bogdan Cristea tells us about rapid prototyping of an embedded system using virtualization
2009-11-19 12:00
Meet OSADL and many of its members at the SPS/IPC/Drives 2009
Open Source and Linux in Automation - the collaborative environment we always wished we had
2009-11-18 12:00
SERCOS III middleware library available as Open Source
Download the Common SERCOS Master API from the Internet |
Open Source Software for Automation and Other Industries
- Need a Linux driver?
Once upon a time, a project manager ...
Project Manager: "We need to get someone to develop a Linux driver for our new machine controller. Here's a purchase order for the work."
Purchase Department: "Okay. Let me check the purchase order to make sure it follows our standard procedure: NDA to be executed, source going into company's safe ... "
Project Manager: "Nope, we're going with Open Source - source gets published to the Internet."
Purchase Department: "What? We're paying for the development but the source code goes out to the Internet? If everybody can use the source code, why are we the only ones paying for this? No way this can fly!"
The solution
Open Source is a way to get a broader community to help with development and to share in its costs. OSADL allows those members interested in developing particular Open Source software to come together in an OSADL project supported by membership fees. With the agreement of a majority of members, OSADL can delegate the development of Open Source software components. Thus, what is (financially) impossible for the individual (company), many (OSADL members) can do.
- Implement realtime capabilities of the mainline Linux kernel
Realtime Linux Kernel, provide professional quality assurance, take care of regular releases of stable versions and organize workshops on Realtime Linux. - Prepare mechanisms to allow for the certification of the Linux kernel Safety Critical Linux
- Tweak existing off-tree drivers for inclusion into the mainline Linux kernel Upstream Submission
- Define minimal requirements of board support packages, install a testing laboratory and certify the conformance of computer boards with these requirements Board Support Packages
- Port the Xenomai Real-Time Framework for Linux to native Linux Xenomai/SOLO
- Provide a compatibility layer to use RTDM-based drivers under RT-Preempt RTDM-native
- "Immediate C": Develop PLC-like control applications in (extended) C language Immediate C
- Develop a stand-alone trigger generator and long-term digital time delay recorder and make it available on loan OSADL Latency Measurement Box
- Support the development of the kvm module in such a way that running a guest system does not interfere with the realtime capabilities of the host system Realtime-kvm
- Define a universal framework to access fieldbus devices from the application level FAPI
- Provide support for real-time Ethernet boards to the Linux kernel Real-time Ethernet
- Add realtime Linux support for Coldfire (68knommu) to RT-Preempt Coldfire