Open Source Firmware Conference 2024

Operating system provided device-trees
2024-09-05 , Main Room

Operating systems prefer to run with the device-trees matching the kernel to provide an optimal user experience. Selecting the right device-tree file requires both the information about the kernel being booted and the hardware on which the image is running. - The talk provides an overview which different approaches have been implemented and why there is still a gap to solve.

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Heinrich is working as RISC-V lead engineer in Canonical’s foundations team. He has contributed to a wide range of open source projects reaching from linear programming to the Linux kernel. He is maintainer of the UEFI sub-system in the U-Boot firmware.