News & Events:
We hire!
Dec 04, 2018 DENX would like to grow our team - we are looking for Software Engineers and for a System Administrator. Come and join our team!Embedded World 2019 in Nuremberg
Dec 04, 2018 Please meet DENX Software Engineering GmbH at
26 Feb - 28 Feb 2019, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 4, Booth 581
DENX Training Courses
Jan 11, 2019 *NEW* Please see our new workshops: SWUpdate and tbot *NEW* New, improved training classes starting September 2018. DENX Software Engineering provides on-the-job training courses for engineers who need to ramp up quickly on how to develop software for Embedded Linux systems. An overview about available courses can be found here.| Date | Course | Registration Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30 - Feb 01, 2019 (3 days) | Embedded GNU/Linux System Architecture | Jan 21, 2019 |
| Feb 12 - Feb 14, 2019 (3 days) | Yocto Training | Jan 28, 2019 |
| on request (1 day) | SWUpdate | |
| on request (1 day) | tbot | |
| on request (4 days) | Linux Device Driver Development |
Embedded World 2018 in Nuremberg
Dec 20, 2017 Please meet DENX Software Engineering GmbH at
27 Feb - 01 Mar 2018, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 4, Booth 581
Asymmetric Multiprocessing -- When to use, and when not
May 10, 2016 DENX hereby announces the public release of a whitepaper on pros and cons of Asymmetric Multiprocessing (AMP) systems, with example implementations run on Altera/Intel SoCFPGA systems. The complete sources (for both the document and the tested implementation) can be found here.Wandboard Boot Time Optimization
Mar 01, 2016 At the Embedded World 2016 trade show last week in Nuremberg DENX demonstrated which level of boot time optimizations is possible even on off the shelf community hardware like the popular i.MX6 based Wandboard. This video shows that we can boot into a graphical user space application in Linux in less than 1.4 seconds, booting from a standard SDcard. As some people asked for it, we hereby make the complete source code and the binary images of the demo available in our cloud drive .ELDK version 5.8 released
Feb 04, 2016 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.8. This release is based on Yocto v1.8.1 ("fido"). ELDK v5.8 introduces recent tools (like GCC 4.9.2, Binutils 2.24) and software (like U-Boot v2015.10, Linux v3.18.12 LTS and Qt v4.8.6).ELDK v5.8 is available for download from the eldk/5.8 directory on our Amazon Cloud Drive; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository (
"eldk-rel-v5.8"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.8" = commit id aeffb42 ).
FTP server - Alternative Cloud Access
June 25, 2015In addition to our classic FTP server we now also provide cloud based access to these public files through an Amazon Cloud Drive.
This will improve connectivity and allow for much faster downloads especially for users outside of Europe.
U-Boot Summit at ELCE 2015
Most of our core team will be at ELCE 2015, especially at the U-Boot Summit. If you are at the ELCE, be sure to pass by and say hello. Monday, October 5, 2015, Wicklow Meeting room 4, The Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland.Changes in Management Team
Jan 01, 2015 NOTE: Mr. Detlev Zundel is no longer a managing director or employee of DENX Software Engineering GmbH. We have to inform you that, effective December 31, 2014, Mr. Detlev Zundel has resigned on his own behalf from his job as managing director. We thank him for many years of work for DENX and wish him all the best for his professional success in the future. Wolfgang Denk, Managing DirectorELDK version 5.6 released
Nov 24, 2014 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.6. This release is based on Yocto v1.6.1 ("daisy-11.0.1"). ELDK v5.6 introduces recent tools (like GCC 4.8.2, Binutils 2.24) and software (like U-Boot v2014.10, Linux v3.14.22 LTS and Qt v4.8.5).ELDK v5.6 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository (
"eldk-rel-v5.6"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.6" = commit id 8346b82 ).
ELDK version 5.5.3 released
Nov 13, 2014 ELDK v5.5.3 is mainly a bug fix release over v5.5.x; it includes fixes especially for the following problems:- bash: upgrade to latest patch level fix CVEs ('Shellshock' CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-6278)
- openssl: Upgrade to v1.0.1i
- include python modules into SDK images (needed to build recent versions of U-Boot)
- Include "bc" and "lzop" into SDK images (needed to build recent versions of the Linux kernel).
U-Boot Mini Summit at ELCE 2014
Most of our core team will be atELCE 2014, especially the U-Boot Mini Summit. If you are at the ELCE, be sure to pass by and say hello. Oct 13 2014, Düsseldorf Conference Centre, Room "6", 11:15-19:00
FPGA-Tag 2014
May 19 2014 Please meet DENX Software Engineering and DENX Computer Systems at the FPGA-Tag 2014 exhibition at June 04-05 in Munich. We will be doing the software part of the hands-on-seminar on the SoCrates Altera SoCFPGA board.FPGAs in der Praxis (slides)
May 16 2014 The slides to the presentation are now available hereELDK version 5.5.1 released
May 13, 2014 ELDK v5.5.1 is mainly a bug fix release over v5.5; it includes fixes especially for the following problems:- openssl: Upgrade to v1.0.1g (fix for the "heartbleed" vulnerability - see CVE-2014-0160)
- Fix support /dev/console as console name in /etc/iniitab (for for "/etc/inittab id field too long" issue - see (here)
- Fix slow memory access on M53 (which significantly reduces the boot time)
FPGAs in der Praxis
Apr 30 2014 Please meet DENX Software Engineering and DENX Computer Systems at
exhibition at May 15 in Munich. We will be presenting
a talk titled "Abstracting The Hardware At The Right Level".
ELDK version 5.5 released
Mon Feb 24, 2014 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.5. This release is based on Yocto v1.5.1 ("dora-10.0.1"). ELDK v5.5 introduces recent tools (like GCC 4.8.1, Binutils 2.23.2) and software (like U-Boot v2014.01, Linux v3.10.28 and Qt v4.8.5).ELDK v5.5 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository (
"eldk-rel-v5.5"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.5" = commit id df9de1f ).
More EBV / DENX SoCFPA GNU/Linux Seminars
Jan 14 2014 In cooperation with EBV we do four more GNU/Linux centric seminar targeted at the SoCFPGA from Altera in Germany and the Netherlands. Registration is free and this time the hardware centric seminar is on the previous day. For details see here.EBV / DENX One Day SoCFPA GNU/Linux Seminar
Nov 30 2013 In cooperation with EBV we do one last GNU/Linux centric seminar targeted at the SoCFPGA from Altera. Having done this across Germany, the UK and even inside CERN, there is one last chance to catch this in 2013, namely Dec. 10th in Wiesbaden. Registration is free and hardware guys may even go on to a hardware centric seminar the following day. For details see here.ELDK version 5.4.2 released
Tue Nov 12, 2013 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.4.2. This release is based on Yocto v1.4.2 ("dylan-9.0.2"). ELDK v5.4.2 is a bug fix release to enable installation of latest Linux distributions like Fedora 19.Highlight of this release is the integration of direct support for the DENX M28EVK and M53EVK evaluation kits and M28 / M53 System On Modules.
The source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository (
"eldk-rel-v5.4.2"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.4.2" = commit id 8cfc3ca ).
Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2013 in Edinburgh
Mon Oct 21 2013 Take the chance to meet some of our core team atELCE 2013, especially the U-Boot Mini Summit. Oct 24 2013, Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Room "Harris 1", 13:00-17:00
ELDK version 5.4 released
Fri Aug 02, 2013 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.4. This release is based on Yocto v1.4.1 ("dylan-9.0.1"). ELDK v5.4 introduces recent tools (like GCC 4.7.2, Binutils 2.23.1) and software (like U-Boot v2013.07, Linux v3.8.13.5 and Qt v4.8.4).Highlight of this release is the integration of the Xenomai real-time extension for Linux.
ELDK v5.4 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository (
"eldk-rel-v5.4"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.4" = commit id 9a46fd5 ).
Embedded World 2013 in Nuremberg
Mon Feb 04 2013 Please meet DENX Software Engineering and DENX Computer Systems at
26 Feb - 28 Feb 2012, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 1, Booth 552
ELDK version 5.3 released
Fri Dec 14, 2012 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.3. This release is based on Yocto v1.3 ("danny-8.0"). ELDK v5.3 introduces recent tools (like GCC 4.7.2, Binutils 2.22) and software (like U-Boot v2012.10, Linux v3.6.10 and Qt v4.8.3).Highlights of this release are the fact that ELDK is now again relocatable, so it can be installed into arbitrary directories, and the added support for a pure hard-float based configuration for ARMv7a systems ("-mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=neon") for optimal system performance.
ELDK v5.3 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository (
"eldk-rel-v5.3"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.3" = commit id c2836a8 ).
ELDK version 5.2.1 released
Wed Jun 20 2012 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.2.1. This release is based on Yocto v1.2 ("denzil-7.0"). Compared to ELDK v5.2, which introduced recent tools (like GCC 4.6.4, Binutils 2.22) and software (like U-Boot v2012.04.01 and Linux v3.3.3), this new version introduces Qt v4.8.2 and fixes a number of bugs. ELDK v5.2.1 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository ("eldk-rel-v5.2"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.2.1" = commit id 33c5d31 ).
Future Electronics and DENX Electronic Seminar
May 08, 2012 In cooperation with Future Electronics, we present an electronics seminar discussing the aspects of Realtime Computing in the GNU/Linux environment at three different locations:| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| June 14, 2012 | Frankfurt |
| July 17, 2012 | Munich |
| July 19, 2012 | Stuttgart |
Embedded World 2012 in Nuremberg post-show
Wed Mar 07 2012 Many thanks again for the very positive reception of our booth at this years trade fair. As always it has been a pleasure talking to you! Slides for the "Linux FastBoot - Reducing Embedded Linux Boot Times" presentation are now available in the Presentations section of our website.ELDK version 5.1.1 released
Sat Jan 07 2012 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.1.1. This is an update to v5.1 which adds support for the new target architecturesarmv4t, powerpc-4xx and
powerpc-4xx-softfloat.
ELDK v5.1.1 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our
git repository ("eldk-rel-v5.1" branch).
Embedded World 2012 in Nuremberg
Tue Dec 13 2011 Please meet DENX Software Engineering and DENX Computer Systems at the
28 Feb - 01 Mar 2012, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 1, Booth 552