========================================= Genode Labs Newsletter - June / July 2017 ========================================= Content 1. Celebrate Genode's 9th anniversary with us! 2. Broadening the platform support of Genode on seL4 1. Celebrate Genode's 9th anniversary with us! ---------------------------------------------- To continue our tradition of celebrating our accomplishments in the form of a seasonal barbecue and camp fire, we invite Genode's friends and community to the banks of the river Elbe in Dresden/Germany. Unlike previous years, which were focused on technical breakthroughs, the leitmotif of the past year was Genode's long-term sustainability, maturity, and scalability. On that account, we streamlined key infra- structure (such as the VFS), and profoundly revisited the framework's architectural foundations and lowest-level protocols. This line of development eventually culminated in the application-binary compatibility across kernels as different as seL4, NOVA, or Linux. The practiced continuity of development was underlined by the third edition of the "Genode Foundations" book. With regard to Genode's role within the open-source community, we had the honor of hosting the microkernel devroom at this year's FOSDEM, and are very happy about the fruitful relationships with sister projects like the Muen separation kernel and the seL4 microkernel community. Business-wise, we are delighted about the growing use of Genode in commercial products, and about Genode's role as the technological basis for entirely new ventures, pursued independent from our company. Let us meet together to celebrate the past, present, and future of our project, and enjoy the get-together of the Genode team and collaborators. We will hold the anniversary party at the river bank of the Elbe: Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/C0luj 31st of August, 6 pm near Eisenberger Strasse in Dresden Enjoy the atmosphere at the river bank with tasty barbecue of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, and a nice selection of beverages! If you are going to attend, please let us know by writing a short note to: info@genode-labs.com 2. Broadening the platform support of Genode on seL4 ---------------------------------------------------- The seL4 microkernel is certainly the most anticipated kernel among the various Genode base platforms. Its story of formal verification - and the implied absence of kernel bugs - is extremely compelling. Genode supports seL4 in an experimental fashion since two years. For most of the time, however, this version remained a proof of concept, limited to the 32-bit PC hardware. The repeatedly expressed interest in the combination of seL4 with Genode and the rewarding interaction with the seL4 community prompted us to further cultivate Genode on this kernel. With the upcoming version 17.08, Genode will become able to use seL4 on 64-bit PC hardware as well as ARM-based devices, i.e., boards using the NXP i.MX6 SoC. The new Genode version is scheduled for end of August. 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: https://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 https://www.genode-labs.com/ · https://genode.org/ https://twitter.com/GenodeLabs · /ˈdʒiː.nəʊd/ Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth
