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OSADL Articles:

2024-10-02 12:00

Linux is now an RTOS!

PREEMPT_RT is mainline - What's next?


2023-11-12 12:00

Open Source License Obligations Checklists even better now

Import the checklists to other tools, create context diffs and merged lists


2023-03-01 12:00

Embedded Linux distributions

Results of the online "wish list"


2022-01-13 12:00

Phase #3 of OSADL project on OPC UA PubSub over TSN successfully completed

Another important milestone on the way to interoperable Open Source real-time Ethernet has been reached


2021-02-09 12:00

Open Source OPC UA PubSub over TSN project phase #3 launched

Letter of Intent with call for participation is now available



Real Time Linux Workshops

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Twelfth Real-Time Linux Workshop on October 25 to 27, in Nairobi, Kenya

ARM TrustZone as a Virtualization Technique in Embedded Systems

Author(s): Torsten Frenzel, Adam Lackorzynski, Alexander Warg and Hermann Härtig, TUD - Operating Systems, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Virtualization starts to gain traction in the embedded world as methods to enforce isolation are needed to cope with the ever-growing complexity of modern systems. Originating from desktop and server systems, existing virtualization solutions have their focus on rich functionality such as migration and check-pointing while real-time functionality is of little interest. In contrast, in an embedded system this functionality is dispensable while the ability to support real-time workloads has to be retained.

So far, virtualization on ARM - the arguably predominant architecture for embedded systems - was impeded by the lack of proper architectural support. In this paper, we show how TrustZone, an extension originally meant to boost security, can also be used to fill that gap and provide encapsulation in real-time conscious systems. We were able to accommodate a minimally modified Linux on top of a real-time capable microkernel, evaluating engineering and runtime costs.