Luca Ceresoli
Embedded Linux And Kernel Engineer And Trainer at Bootlin
Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolLuca Ceresoli is an Embedded Linux and Kernel Engineer with 16 years of experience designing, booting and bringing up complex ARM-based systems for industrial and consumer products. Currently a trainer and engineer at Bootlin, he combines hands-on kernel and device driver development with Yocto/Buildroot build-system expertise and FPGA/SoC integration on platforms like Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ and Sitara. A longtime open source contributor, he has submitted fixes and improvements to high-profile projects including the Linux kernel, Buildroot and OpenEmbedded core. He has led embedded teams, migrations to Git, and defined CI/toolchains and production tooling, while also creating training materials to spread best practices. Notably, his work spans low-level bootloader and device-tree patches through production-ready SDKs and mass-production tooling, reflecting deep end-to-end embedded systems ownership.
16 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Laurea in Ingegneria Informatica, Ingegneria Informatica, 97/100, Laurea in Ingegneria Informatica, Ingegneria Informatica, 97/100 at Politecnico di MilanoMaster in Tecnologia dell’Informazione, Corso di Master in Tecnologia dell’Informazione, 99/100, Master in Tecnologia dell’Informazione, Corso di Master in Tecnologia dell’Informazione, 99/100 at CEFRIEL - Politecnico di MilanoMaster of Science (MS), Electrical Science and Computer Science, 5.0/5.0, Master of Science (MS), Electrical Science and Computer Science, 5.0/5.0 at University of Illinois at ChicagoDiploma di Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Scientifico, 58/60, Diploma di Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Scientifico, 58/60 at Liceo Scientifico Marie Curie, Presezzo (BG)
Italian, English, French, German
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Github Skills (41)
buildroot10
embedded-linux10
bash10
build-system10
c1110
linux-kernel10
makefile10
yocto10
c1710
device-tree10
yocto-project10
u-boot10
device-driver10
driver10
sys10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bootlin/training-materials
Feb 2015 - Dec 2022
Bootlin embedded Linux and kernel training materials
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 142 commits, 6 PRs in 8 years
Contributions summary:Luca primarily focuses on adapting and upgrading Yocto Project build configurations for embedded systems. They modify device tree (DT) patches to support different STM32MP157 variants and integrate necessary drivers, such as the nunchuk driver. Furthermore, the user upgrades Yocto configurations for various BeagleBone Black (BBB) boards, including updating patches and enabling NFS booting, improving the build process for labs.
embeddedembedded-linuxkernel
buildroot/buildroot
Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
Buildroot, making embedded Linux easy. Note that this is not the official repository, but only a mirror. The official Git repository is at https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/. Do not open issues or file pull requests here.
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation Engineer
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation EngineerContributions:13 commits, 3 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Luca primarily contributes to the Buildroot project, focusing on enhancing the build system and supporting various hardware platforms. Their work involves fixing build failures, adding support for new boards like the Xilinx ZCU106, and streamlining the build process. The contributions range from patching existing packages (e.g., exim, agentpp) to modifying build scripts and configurations to improve image generation and U-Boot integration. The user demonstrates a deep understanding of the Buildroot build system and embedded systems development.
buildrootembeddedembedded-linux
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