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Training Bookmarks

These bookmarks have been created for the participants to our training courses, but are also available for anyone to reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license.

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Upcoming training sessions

Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development
Online, Jun 15–18, 22–25

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Linux Boot Time Reduction training

All you need to know to make Linux boot faster on your embedded Linux system.

Overview

By default, the embedded Linux systems that you build with Yocto or Buildroot are not optimized for fast boot time. The kernel, the bootloader and the way the system starts are still based on standard settings, some of which are not used in your system.

This course will show you techniques for identifying the biggest time consumers in all parts of the system, from the bootloader, to the kernel, the filesystem, the init manager, the system services and your own applications.

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Hardware for embedded Linux course

Here are the hardware requirements to participate to our Embedded Linux course.

BeaglePlay ARM64 board

Provided by Root Commit except in on-line sessions.

Order this board from the resellers described on the BeagleBoard website.

It is also used in other Root Commit training course labs.

Power cable

The first thing you need is a regular USB-C cable to power up your board when connected to your PC or to a USB power adaptor. See the BeagleBoard specifications.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Root Commit training sessions

Q: How many participants can a session accommodate?
A: Up to 12 participants, but working on a maximum of 6 workstations.

Q: Do we need to purchase the hardware?
A: Not for in-house sessions. All the hardware and accessories are brought by the instructor.

Q: In-house sessions: what do we need to provide?
A: A training room with a project and up to 6 powerful PC computers with Linux (Ubuntu 24.04) preinstalled, with a high bandwidth connection to the Internet.

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Hardware for Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development Course

Here are the hardware requirements to participate to our Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development training course.

BeaglePlay ARM64 board

Provided by Root Commit except in on-line sessions.

Order this board from the resellers described on the BeagleBoard website.

It is also used in other Root Commit training course labs.

PC and board accessories

Provided by Root Commit except in on-line sessions.

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Our difference

Why choose Root Commit courses?

Root Commit courses strive to be innovative and different in multiple ways. In particular, we are using teaching techniques that are backed not only by experience, but also backed by science.

No exhaustive theory

We don’t give you all possible details about a topic for several hours before you get a chance to practice and test your understanding.

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1-day technical seminars

In addition to our regular training courses, we also offer 1-day technical seminars, giving our audience the essence of the corresponding topics, in an interactive and engaging way.

Here are the seminars we can offer:

Yocto Project Overview
Embedded Linux Overview
Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development Overview

If you are interested, ask us for a quote for an in-person or online seminar.

As you can see, some of our seminars are not fully described yet. They will be in the next weeks, or when you ask us for a quote.

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Embedded Linux training course, Avignon, France

Warning: no in-person session currently planned. Please let us know about the location you would be interested in for such a course.

All you need to know to run Linux and applications on your own system.

Overview

Michael Opdenacker showing how to run the latest kernels on your Linux distribution. Can be useful for contributing to kernel sources.

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Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development training – Online

All you need to know to use make the Linux kernel support your own hardware.

18 practical labs in this course!

Overview

Everything you need to know to make the Linux kernel boot on your new embedded board and write drivers for its specific hardware devices. Learn how to describe your hardware with the device tree, and debug the kernel code (written by yourself or by the community).

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Hardware for Yocto and OpenEmbedded course

Here are the hardware requirements to participate to our Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded course.

BeaglePlay ARM64 board

Provided by Root Commit except in on-line sessions.

Order this board from the resellers described on the BeagleBoard website.

It is also used in other Root Commit training course labs.

PC and board accessories

Provided by Root Commit except in on-line sessions.

Power cable

The first thing you need is a regular USB-C cable to power up your board when connected to your PC or to a USB power adaptor. See the BeagleBoard specifications.

Access to Matrix chatroom

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Introduction

At Root Commit, we use Matrix chatrooms to offer support during practical labs as well as outside course hours. This makes it very easy for you to ask questions, share screenshots (just by pasting into the chat), get help from the instructors and other participants, and learn from everyone’s experience.

The Matrix protocol is also end-to-end encrypted and it will protect the privacy of our conversations, especially in private sessions.

Embedded Linux training

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Embedded Linux training

All you need to know to run Linux and applications on your own system.

Overview

Michael Opdenacker showing how to run the latest kernels on your Linux distribution. Can be useful for contributing to kernel sources.

Everything you need to know to build, boot and debug your own embedded Linux system, leveraging many features implemented by the Open Source community. Add your own applications.

Embedded Linux training course – Online

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Embedded Linux training course – Online

All you need to know to run Linux and applications on your own system.

Overview

Michael Opdenacker showing how to run the latest kernels on your Linux distribution. Can be useful for contributing to kernel sources.

Everything you need to know to build, boot and debug your own embedded Linux system, leveraging many features implemented by the Open Source community. Add your own applications.

Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development training

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development training

All you need to know to use make the Linux kernel support your own hardware.

18 practical labs in this course!

Overview

Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development training – Online

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Practical details

Required hardware

electronic board and accessories

You will need to get your hands on the BeaglePlay ARM64 board and a few accessories.

Note that those are provided by Root Commit for in-person sessions.

What is provided?

Linux Kernel, Board Support and Driver Development training course, Avignon, France

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Warning: no in-person session currently planned. Please let us know about the location you would be interested in for such a course.

What’s special in our in-person courses

Practical details

FAQ

Public training sessions

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Upcoming sessions

Dates	Course type	Location
Feb. 25-28, 2025	Yocto Project and Open Embedded	In-person, Avignon, France
Mar. 18-20 and 25-27, 2025	Yocto Project and Open Embedded	On-line (3:00 pm -7:00 pm UTC+1)
Apr. 14-17 and 22-25, 2025	Embedded Linux	On-line (3:00 pm - 7:00 pm UTC+1)
May 5-9, 2025	Embedded Linux	In-person, Avignon, France
More to be announced…

Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded training

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Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded training

Overview

Everything you need to know to build your custom Linux system images for your own hardware. Learn how to create your own layers to reuse and override hardware vendor and community provided layers, just providing what is specific to your project.

In case you wish to support images for different targets, the Yocto Project will enable you to cleanly separate your hardware customizations, your distribution policies and the sets of applications you want to use.

Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded training course – Online

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Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded training course – Online

Overview

Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded training course, Avignon, France

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Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded training course, Avignon, France

Warning: no in-person session currently planned. Please let us know about the location you would be interested in for such a course.