Open Source Summit + ELC North America 2020

The mission of ELISA (Enabling Linux in Safety Applications) is to promote Linux in safety critical systems, by providing a common set of tools and processes that can help companies demonstrate that a Linux-based system meets the necessary safety requirements for certification.

Safety standards often seem to conflict with the open source mindset. We aim to bridge this gap by providing the technical capabilities to qualify deployment of Linux-based software in safety critical applications.
Working closely with the Linux kernel development community, on the one hand, and safety experts, on the other hand, we identify the existing safety gaps in the current Linux development process. We propose a suite of enhancements (patches, features, test frameworks) to support a safety qualified kernel image.
We will go into some technical details of our initial safety suite, and aim to reach out to developers of safety applications to expand on it.