========================================= Genode Labs Newsletter - April / May 2014 ========================================= Content 1. The date is set for this year's Genode Hack'n'Hike 2. Genode OS Framework 14.05 released 3. An Exploration of ARM TrustZone Technology 1. The date is set for this year's Genode Hack'n'Hike ----------------------------------------------------- Genode Hack'n'Hike is a yearly event where the Genode community gathers to contemplate new ideas together, visit beautiful nature sites at day light, and work on pet projects in the evenings. Genode Labs sponsors the event. There is no attendance fee. It goes without saying that everyone interested in Genode is welcome to join! This year's Hack'n'Hike will take place somewhere in Saxony or in the south of Brandenburg during 18th to 21st of September 2014 For planning the event, we have created the following topic at our issue tracker: https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/issues/1158 If you are interested to participate, please leave a message there or drop a note to: hacknhike@genode-labs.com 2. Genode OS Framework 14.05 released ------------------------------------- Following our quarterly release cycle, we have published the version 14.05 of the Genode OS Framework. This time, the release is focused on improving the scalability of the framework with regard to the interoperability with 3rd-party software. The new version comes with tools that make the integration and use of existing software with Genode easier than ever. Besides those infrastructural changes, the new version comes with vast improvements of the NOVA and base-hw kernel platforms. Our custom base-hw kernel for ARM-based devices received multi-processor support and a new memory management, we enabled the use of real-time priorities on NOVA, and continued our efforts with running VirtualBox on NOVA by adding support for guest additions. Furthermore, we added a new component for block-level encryption based on NetBSD's cryptographic device driver and enabled USB 3.0 on x86 platforms. More information about all the changes are provided in our detailed release documentation: http://genode.org/documentation/release-notes/14.05 3. An Exploration of ARM TrustZone Technology --------------------------------------------- We have been experimenting with ARM TrustZone technology on-and-off for multiple years now. Because we repeatedly observed interest in TrustZone from multiple sides, we decided to publicly document our aggregated knowledge on the subject in the form the following article: http://genode.org/documentation/articles/trustzone The article describes ARM TrustZone technology from our perspective and takes the reader through the series of experiments we undertook to understand the technology. Everything needed to reproduce the experiments is publicly available in the form of source codes as referenced in the article. There is also a YouTube video of one of our demos in action. Finally, the article recollects common questions and tries to answer them. About the newsletter -------------------- If you have friends or colleagues who might be interested in our projects, we would appreciate you to forward this email. If you received this newsletter as a forwarded email, you may subscribe to the newsletter here: http://genode-labs.com/newsletter In the case of receiving this newsletter unintended, you can cancel your subscription at any time by replying to this email with the subject set to "unsubscribe". Best regards -- Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske Genode Labs http://www.genode-labs.com · http://genode.org Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth
