kraj - Overview

Hi there 👋 I'm Khem Raj

Embedded Linux engineer, open-source maintainer, and compiler toolchain specialist.
I work at the intersection of hardware and software — helping Linux run well on everything from tiny IoT devices to high-performance SoCs.

🧰 What I Work On

Yocto Project — Core metadata maintainer
OpenEmbedded — Main layer maintainer (meta-openembedded)
meta-clang — Clang/LLVM cross-compiler layer for OE/Yocto
Yoe Distro — Production-ready, customizable embedded Linux distribution
meta-riscv — OpenEmbedded/Yocto layer for RISC-V architecture
meta-openwrt — OpenWRT overlay for OE/Yocto
meta-raspberrypi — Yocto layer for Raspberry Pi devices
meta-freescale — NXP/Freescale BSP layer
ct-scripts — GCC cross-toolchain builder (glibc/musl/uclibc/baremetal)
musl — Contributions to the musl C standard library

🛠 Skills & Expertise

Embedded Linux Yocto Project · OpenEmbedded · BitBake · BSP development · Linux kernel

Compiler Toolchains GCC · Clang/LLVM · binutils · glibc · musl · uClibc · cross-compilation

Architectures ARM · AArch64 · RISC-V · x86 · MIPS · PowerPC

Languages & Tools C · C++ · Shell/Bash · Python · BitBake · Make · CMake

Systems & Distributions musl libc · OpenWRT · Ångström · Yoe Distro · Debian

📌 Pinned Repositories

Project	Description	Stars
meta-clang	Clang/LLVM C/C++ cross compiler for OE/Yocto	⭐ 86 forks
meta-openwrt	OE/Yocto metadata layer for OpenWRT	⭐ 47 forks
meta-altera	Official Altera BSP layer for OE/Yocto	⭐ 47 forks
ct-scripts	GCC cross toolchain builder scripts
meta-riscv	RISC-V architecture layer for OE/Yocto

🏅 Highlights

🦺 RISC-V Ambassador — Certified by The Linux Foundation
🧊 Arctic Code Vault Contributor — GitHub's long-term open source archive
🎙️ Speaker at RISC-V Summit and Embedded World
🤝 Technical Advisory Board Member at Beegol
📦 Maintainer of gcc, binutils, gdb, glibc, linux recipes in OpenEmbedded since the early days

📫 Get in Touch

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