buildroot-legal-info talk for FOSDEM 2020

Talk page: https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/buildroot_license_compliance/

Title:

  License compliance for embedded Linux devices with Buildroot

Abstract:

  Producing a Linux-based electronic device requires to put together lots
  of open source software packages, which is a complex task.

  Complying to the licensing obligations for each of them is also complex,
  especially if you are not a lawyer. Not complying is immoral, illegal and
  risky.

  Discover how your build system can help you!

  With live demos, Luca will introduce you to:

  * how Buildroot builds all the needed software components in a simple way;
  * which are the obligations for the most common licenses;
  * what Buildroot can (and what it cannot) do to help you in being compliant.

video-serdes-linux talk for ELC-E 2019

Talk page: https://sched.co/WGiC

Title:

  Supporting Video (de)serializers in Linux:
  Challenges and Works in Progress

Abstract:

  Video serializer and deserializer chipsets are more and more used in
  embedded Linux systems to transmit raw video at several meters
  distance. Yet the kernel still lacks support for them, despite the
  attempts seen so far.

  Luca will give an overview of the existing chips and the current
  mainlining attempts. He will then introduce the peculiar
  requirements of his application and the idea behind his
  implementation effort.

  Special attention will be given to the current limitations of V4L2
  and Device Tree that prevent to fully exploit the hotplug features
  of the chips, and how they influenced his implementation.

  The I2C address translation available in some chips, and how to
  model it in the kernel, will also be covered.

buildroot-yocto-daily talk for Linux-Lab 2018

Talk page: https://www.linux-lab.it/page/1435393

Title:

  Buildroot vs Yocto: Differences for Your Daily Job

Abstract:

  Buildroot and Yocto, the two leading embedded Linux buildsystems, have
  largely overlapping goals but vastly different implementations.

  Perhaps you’re familiar with either, and wonder how your daily job would
  change if you used the other.

  Luca will share insights he gained while managing projects with both
  tools, spending a lot of time in learning how to achieve the same goals
  in a different way.

  He will give a sort of “translation table” to ease the transition between
  the two, covering: bootstrapping a project, what happens under the hood,
  invoking the build, customizing the rootfs and tweaking recipes.

buildroot-yocto-daily talk for ELC-E 2018

Talk page: https://sched.co/FwGQ

Title:

  Buildroot vs Yocto: Differences for Your Daily Job

Abstract:

  Buildroot and Yocto, the two leading embedded Linux buildsystems, have
  largely overlapping goals but vastly different implementations.

  Perhaps you're familiar with either, and wonder how your daily job would
  change if you used the other.

  Luca will share insights he gained while managing projects with both
  tools, spending a lot of time in learning how to achieve the same goals
  in a different way.

  He will give a sort of "translation table" to ease the transition between
  the two, covering: bootstrapping a project, what happens under the hood,
  invoking the build, customizing the rootfs and tweaking recipes.

buildroot-intro talk for Linux Day 2018 @ BgLUG

Event page: https://bglug.it/linux-day-2018/programma-linux-day-2018/

Title:

  Buildroot --- Making Embedded Linux Easy

Abstract:

  Buildroot permette di generare tutto il software necessario per un
  sistema Linux Embedded.

  In questo workshop pratico esploreremo i suoi princìpi di
  funzionamento, lo useremo per dar vita da zero ad un sistema
  embedded e personalizzarlo aggiungendo componenti.

Talk for FOSDEM 2017

Talk page: https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/arm64_and_fpga/

Title/subtitle:

  ARM64 + FPGA and more: Linux on the Xilinx ZynqMP

  Opportunities and challenges from a powerful and complex chip

Abstract:

  The Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC (aka ZynqMP) is a powerful and
  complex chip featuring 64-bit cores, 32-bit realtime cores, a large
  FPGA, a GPU, video codecs and dedicated power management and
  security units.

  Luca will first give a brief overview of the hardware architecture
  and how it differs from other SoCs.

  Then he will explain with technical details how Linux can fully
  leverage the SoC resources. FPGA and booting issues will be covered
  in detail, but using the hardware accelerators and software support
  will also be discussed.

  The main topics covered will be:

  *  Overview of the hardware.
  * Available software support from Xilinx and from the community.
  * How the peculiar CPU+FPGA design effectively allows to design
    "your own SoC", with the technical steps to implement this with
    Linux.
  * Why booting is nontrivial on this SoC and the currently available
    ways to boot Linux.
  * Handling the H.264/H.265 hardware codecs.
  * GPU support issues.

  Focus will be given to how much open source technologies can be used
  with the ZynqMP SoCs, why this matters, and the current status of
  open source resources with respect to the alternatives.

make-automake-cmake talk for Linux Day 2017

Event page: https://bglug.it/linux-day-2017/programma-linux-day-2017/

Title:

  Build Automation: Introduzione a Make, Autotools e CMake

Abstract:

  Tradurre il codice sorgente (ad esempio C o C++) in un eseguibile
  richiede vari passi: ricerca delle librerie, compilazione,
  linking... Come automatizzarli? Quali strumenti sono più adatti per
  un software open source? Scopriamo i tre più usati: Make, Autotools
  e CMake.

terrible-bsp talk for ELC-E 2017

Talk page: https://osseu17.sched.com/event/ByYY?iframe=no

Title:

  How I survived to a SoC with a terrible Linux BSP

Abstract:

  System-on-Chip vendors typically provide a board support package
  (BSP) which should be a good starting point to develop the software
  for an embedded Linux system. However they often seem to
  misunderstand what the software designers need, and deliver
  something that makes their life harder without any apparent benefit.

  In this talk Luca will share some of his experiences with such
  vendor BSPs, featuring jurassic kernels, broken drivers,
  non-existing bootloaders, code of appallingly bad quality,
  ineffective customer support and Windows-only tools. You will
  discover why he spent weeks in understanding, fixing and working
  around BSPs instead of just using them.

  Luca will discuss the effects on the final product quality, what the
  options are when you face such a BSP, and what both hackers and
  vendors can do to improve the situation for everybody's benefit.

Slide text-processing-cmdline usate per la quarta puntata del corso

"Linux dalla Console":
http://www.bglug.it/evento/linux-dalla-console-quarta-serata/

È una versione molto estesa del talk del Linux Day 2016.

Talk for FOSDEM 2017

Talk page: https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/terrible_bsp/

Title/subtitle:

  How I survived to a SoC with a terrible Linux BSP

  Working with jurassic vendor kernels, missing pieces and buggy code

Abstract:

  System-on-Chip vendors typically provide a board support package
  (BSP) which should be a good starting point to develop the software
  for an embedded Linux system. However they often seem to
  misunderstand what the software designers want, and deliver
  something that makes their life harder without any apparent benefit.

  In this talk Luca will share some of his experiences with such
  vendor BSPs, featuring jurassic kernels, non-working drivers,
  non-existing bootloaders, code of appallingly bad quality,
  ineffective customer support and Windows-only tools.

  You will discover why he spent weeks in understanding, fixing and
  working around BSPs instead of just using them. The effects on the
  final product quality will be described as well.

  Luca will also discuss what the options are when you face such a
  BSP, and what both hackers and vendors can do to improve the
  situation for everybody's benefit.