Keynote: Zephyr is Not a Product!
summary
Zephyr is presented as not a product but a neutral framework that has underpinned many real products over ~10 years. The project enforces clear separation upstream/downstream and supports vendor add-ons via external modules with West, letting companies ship proprietary drivers without blocking upstream. Certification across all architectures is impractical, so downstreams run parallel development, maintain backup branches, and coordinate CI and API changes before attempting to upstream broadly useful features.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Zephyr’s neutrality
- 1:30Zephyr as framework
- 4:25Safety certification & hardware
- 6:32Upstream vs downstream
- 9:46Balancing upstream & downstream
- 11:13Conclusion & future
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