Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the achievement of functional safety certification of mixed criticality; a key group of subsystems within Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, marking another critical step towards ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level B (ASIL-B) functional safety certification of the operating system. This milestone underscores Red Hat’s commitment to delivering innovative and native Linux functional safety for road vehicles.
Mixed criticality demonstrates the platform’s ability to run Automotive Safety Integrity Level B (ASIL-B) applications alongside Quality Management (QM) software on a single system-on-chip (SoC) and a single operating system. This breakthrough is made possible through robust evidence of “Freedom From Interference” (FFI) across the operating system’s layers, setting the stage for a straightforward integration of safety-critical and non-safety applications in next-generation automotive systems.
In collaboration with exida, Red Hat has developed and validated a novel approach to meet the objectives of functional safety standards including ISO 26262, and one that is intended to overcome the challenges associated with complex, pre-existing open source software.
This is a significant milestone that comes after Red Hat announced that the Linux math library, a fundamental component of Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, achieved ISO 26262 ASIL-B functional safety certification from exida and strengthens the confidence in Linux as a viable platform of choice for safety related automotive applications of the future. Red Hat has demonstrated that the required mixed criticality configuration can reliably meet ASIL-B requirements. This certification not only helps validate the safety of Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System but also provides a clear path for customers to deploy it with greater confidence in future automotive systems.
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Francis Chow, vice president and general manager, In-Vehicle Operating System and Edge, Red Hat
“As we advance toward a full functional safety certification for Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, we’re taking significant steps to empower the automotive industry with open, software-defined vehicle innovation. By pairing edge computing with the proven reliability of Linux, we’re building a foundation that not only meets critical safety standards but also enables automakers to deliver personalized, connected and adaptive driving experiences at scale.”
Bruno Putman, vice president of automotive go-to-market and alliances, Arm
“The automotive industry needs a strong cloud-native software ecosystem to deliver new, intuitive features that drivers have come to expect in a software-defined vehicle. By supporting virtual platforms and Automotive Enhanced solutions from Arm, the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System enables automakers to start designing software earlier, accelerating the automotive development process without compromising on functional safety standards.”
Dr. Thomas Irawan, president and chairman of the ETAS Board of Management
“Red Hat’s achievement in functional safety certification marks a significant advancement for the automotive industry. For our ETAS Middleware Solution, it’s crucial that the underlying operating system offers dependable safety features. This simplifies the creation of safety-critical functions and accelerates development exponentially by enabling seamless integration of safety-critical and non-safety applications. This milestone strengthens Linux as a trusted platform for software-defined vehicles and aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver advanced automotive software solutions.”
Jonathan Moore, director, Advanced Systems, exida
“It is now clear that superior technical solutions to software engineering problems arise in projects where there is open collaboration between world experts, including when those experts work for direct, indirect or just potential competitors. Developing code behind closed doors where the technical problem solving is limited to an echo chamber of only those people you can afford to employ, and increasingly driven to impossible completion deadlines, results in lower quality code and technical compromises. Red Hat exemplifies a culture which is a superset of the expected safety culture, draws in the very best talent and relentlessly drives for the very best technical solutions with open discussion with experts around the world. I’m sure a few vested interests will continue to remain opposed to open source software for safety related applications and this will likely continue until they have made efforts to learn about the community process and make their first commit. exida has and finds many opportunities to learn of new and superior techniques for safe and scalable development of software. This next certificate we have issued is a great accomplishment by the Red Hat team and reflects well on the wider community of expert contributors to the body of operating system state of the art.”
Jack Weast, Intel Fellow, vice president and general manager, Intel Automotive
“Without mixed-critically there cannot be a Software-Defined Vehicle, so Red Hat’s certification for mixed-criticality with Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System achievement cannot be understated. Intel congratulates Red Hat on this accomplishment and looks forward to bringing software defined architectures to vehicles around the world.”
Aish Dubey, vice president and general manager, High Performance Computing SoC Business Division, Renesas
“Combining safety-critical functions with QM features in a central ECU powered by one SOC lowers hardware costs, makes software development and maintenance easier, and brings advanced safety and comfort features to mainstream cars. Renesas’ R-CAR X5 and RoX SDV platform, along with Red Hat’s continuous progress on safety certifying Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System with open source characteristics will help car OEMs build differentiated applications on affordable and safety certified next-gen central car computer platforms.”
Additional Resources
- Build the future of driving with software-defined vehicles
- Red Hat Achieves Major Milestone for In-Vehicle Linux with Functional Safety Assessment and Certification for Linux Math Library
- Open source for the open road: How Red Hat is helping transform the automotive industry
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