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Practical lessons from real-world Embedded Linux engineering.

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Debugging an OP-TEE Panic on STM32MP1

TALES FROM THE TRENCHES · #1

STM32MP30/08/2026

Debugging an OP-TEE Panic on STM32MP1

How conflicting OP-TEE Device Tree and ETZPC configuration caused an STM32MP1 to panic before Linux booted

8 min read
DeviceTreeSTM32MPOP-TEE
Resizing an Embedded Linux Filesystem on First Boot

TALES FROM THE TRENCHES · #2

STM32MP02/09/2026

Resizing an Embedded Linux Filesystem on First Boot

Automatically expanding a Yocto root filesystem on first boot, from repairing the GPT through to resizing the ext4 filesystem.

11 min read
FilesystemsYoctoEmbedded Linux
Speeding up Flashing eMMC for the STM32MP1

TALES FROM THE TRENCHES · #3

embeddedLinux03/09/2026

Speeding up Flashing eMMC for the STM32MP1

Improving the time to flash eMMC by replacing STM32CubeProgrammer with snagboot

8 min read
STM32MP1STM32CubeProgrammerSnagboot

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