Open Source Contributions

Note

TL;DR - Amarula Solutions is an active maintainer and upstream contributor to Linux Kernel, U-Boot, Buildroot, Yocto, Zephyr, and Jenkins plugins — with maintainer roles in Allwinner sunXi, SPI, MTD/SPI-NOR, and DSI subsystems. - This page aggregates our maintainer activity, monthly contribution reports, and upstream statistics — updated continuously as patches are merged.

Maintainer Roles

Amarula Solutions engineers serve as official maintainers in the following subsystems:

Linux Kernel: - DSI Vendor driver — drivers/gpu/drm/panel/ - DSI bridge drivers - Linux Kernel Memory Consistency Model (LKMM)

U-Boot: - Allwinner sunXi custodian - SPI subsystem custodian - MTD/SPI-NOR custodian

Buildroot: - Board configurations for i.MX, Allwinner, Rockchip - Package maintainership: python-*, Mender, Flutter - See DEVELOPERS file

Yocto: - meta-amarula-engicam (Engicam i.CoreM6 BSP) - Vyasa RK3288 machine config

For a full list with links, see Open Source Activities.

Monthly Contribution Reports

We publish monthly reports tracking all upstream commits across our repositories:

2026 Reports

• Today 2026-06-30 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (2026-06 Monthly Review)
• Today 2026-05-31 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (2026-05 Monthly Review)
• Today 2026-04-30 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (2026-04 Monthly Review)
• Today 2026-03-04 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (1 Months Review)
• openembedded-core
• cutekeyboard
• git-analyzer
• check-jenkins
• meta-mend
• explain-error-plugin
• meta-openembedded
• buildroot
• Today 2026-02-01 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (1 Months Review)
• chatgpt-code-review-gerrit-plugin
• git-collect-plugin
• nlcpp
• explain-error-plugin
• meta-openembedded
• u-boot
• buildroot
• Today 2026-01-02 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (1 Months Review)
• openembedded-core
• cutekeyboard
• git-analyzer
• git-collect-plugin
• nlcpp
• explain-error-plugin
• openid-plugin
• android-signing-plugin
• buildroot

2025 Reports

• Today 2025-12-02 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (1 Months Review)
• chatgpt-code-review-gerrit-plugin
• flutekeyboard
• libcppconnman
• u-boot
• buildroot
• Today 2025-11-01 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (1 Months Review)
• flutekeyboard
• libcppconnman
• explain-error-plugin
• buildroot
• Today 2025-10-01 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (1 Months Review)
• chatgpt-code-review-gerrit-plugin
• git-analyzer
• meta-mend
• nlcpp
• explain-error-plugin
• coreutils
• buildroot
• Today 2025-09-07 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (1 Months Review)
• git-analyzer
• meta-mend
• nlcpp
• buildroot
• Today 2025-08-04 Developments: A Look at Our Codebase (3 Months Review)
• connman
• openembedded-core
• CANopenTerm
• ufs-utils
• calendar-addon-jitsi
• connman_proxy
• cutekeyboard
• flutekeyboard
• ftu
• git-analyzer
• git-training
• jenkins-dsl-training
• meta-mend
• meta-tegra
• slidev-theme-amarula
• bitbucket-plugin
• meta-openembedded
• linux
• u-boot
• buildroot
• Amarula Solutions Open source Contributions - March/April 2025
• Contribuitions
• Amarula Solutions Open Source Contributions - February 2025
• IoT Project Contributions
• Buildroot and Yocto contribuitions
• Linux kernel and U-boot contribuitions
• Other opensource contribuitions

Projects We Contribute To

Project	Our Focus
Linux Kernel	Display panels/bridges, CAN bus, STM32, i.MX, memory model, device trees
U-Boot	Allwinner, Rockchip, i.MX, RISC-V, SPI/MTD, Falcon Mode, secure boot
Buildroot	Board configs, Flutter, Mender, package updates, STM32, i.MX, Allwinner
Yocto / OpenEmbedded	BSP layers, CVE scanning, meta-mend, meta-qt (CuteKeyboard)
Zephyr	Sensor drivers (apds9253, si7006), STM32 boards, CAN, ESP32
Jenkins	Gerrit Checks plugin, warning-ng (Yocto/Valgrind/CodeChecker scanners), pipeline-graph-view, bitbucket-plugin

Conference Talks

We regularly present our open source work at conferences — see Conferences for a full list including FOSDEM, Embedded Linux Conference, Linux Plumbers, Buildroot Developer Days, and PyCon Italy.

Tip

Want to collaborate on open source? Amarula Solutions funds upstream development and welcomes co-engineering on Linux Kernel, U-Boot, Buildroot, Yocto, and Zephyr. Contact our open source team