Build Automation for Embedded Linux Systems as a Strategic Technology Decision

By Thomas Brinker of Emlix
Time: 15:30 Room: S5

Abstract

Increasing demands on professionalism, standard compliance, security, safety and maintainability of embedded Linux systems mean that the selection of an appropriate build automation is a critical success factor for open source based products.
In the first part the presentation briefly introduces the most important high level requirements on an industrial grade Linux which is meant to be used e.g. in automotive or medical technology. In the next step the requirements for the build automation and build infrastructure will be derived.
In the second part the most common embedded Linux build and build automation systems will be compared against these requirements.
The presentation focuses in particular on complexity and useability, CI/CD/CT demands, automated documentation, reproducibility and open source compliance. Furthermore the feasibility and potential efforts of platform strategies will be discussed as well as the practicability of embedded Linux CVE monitoring and lifecycle maintenance concepts which each build system.
These fields of action are critical elements of a strategic technology planning.
Target group of the presentation are embedded Linux developers as well as development and product managers.

Biography

Thomas Brinker is a Senior Systems Engineer and Project Manager at emlix GmbH. He is an architect for secured embedded Linux systems in the automotive, medical, industrial, and consumer device fields, performing requirements engineering and design throughout the entire