Project Proposals for 2011

Proposals for 2011 are listed here, categorized in the following technology areas:

Boot Technologies / Boot Time

• Merge DFU support into mainline U-Boot
• Add kexec-tools functionality to busybox
• Add boot cache to kernel
• Add 'fastboot' protocol support to Linux

Exception Handling

• Mainline the watchdog framework for the Linux kernel

Networking

• 6lowpan/ROLL support on 802.15.4 radios

Tools

• Embedded Linux debugging/profiling/tracing tools - Overview

Processor

• Mainline the Nios2 Linux Kernel port
• Work on performance utilities for ARM/MIPS

Miscellaneous

• Maintain a catalog of online Linux documentation