Linux Plumbers Conf 2014

One Line Summary

Abstract

So far, there hasn’t been a Big.Little Nexus device. Many challenges arise when using these types of CPU architectures: latency of turning cores on and off, app execution predictability… This will be an open discussion for anyone wanting to participate.

Speaker

• Rom Lemarchand

  Biography

  Rom has been working in the consumer electronics industry for over 10 years. Originally working on various proprietary operating systems, he switched to Android about 5 years ago and hasn’t looked back since.

  Rom joined Google in 2012 and since then has been working on lowering Android memory requirements and graphics.

  Rom holds a degree in Computer Science from Universite de Rouen and a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

  Sessions

  • * Migrating code from ARM to ARM64
    • Title: Migrating code from ARM to ARM64
    • Microconference: Android/Mobile
    • Time: 4:05pm
    • One Line Summary:

      Best practices for migrating code from ARM to ARM64

    • slides
    • Speakers: Rom Lemarchand
  • * dma-fence & android sync
    • Title: dma-fence & android sync
    • Microconference: Android/Mobile
    • Time: 1:50pm
    • One Line Summary:

      explicit synchronization in the android graphics layers and mainlining efforts

    • slides
    • Speakers: Rom Lemarchand
  • * Power management discussion: Big.Little
    • Title: Power management discussion: Big.Little
    • Microconference: Android/Mobile
    • Time: 6:30pm
    • One Line Summary:

      Open discussion regarding big.little and more generally power management in Android

    • Speakers: Rom Lemarchand
  • * Moving code out of staging
    • Title: Moving code out of staging
    • Microconference: Android/Mobile
    • Time: 2:40pm
    • One Line Summary:

      open discussion about moving the Android code out of staging

    • Speakers: Rom Lemarchand
  • * Welcome: Android upstreaming status
    • Title: Welcome: Android upstreaming status
    • Microconference: Android/Mobile
    • Time: 1:30pm
    • One Line Summary:

      Karim Yaghmour gives an overview of the state of Android upstreaming

    • slides
    • Speakers: Rom Lemarchand
  • * Ion and the DMA coherency model
    • Title: Ion and the DMA coherency model
    • Microconference: Android/Mobile
    • Time: 2:15pm
    • One Line Summary:

      A look at ion and how it handles memory coherency

    • slides
    • Speakers: Rom Lemarchand
  • * Android/Mobile Wearables
    • Title: Android/Mobile Wearables
    • Microconference: BoF Track
    • Room: Room 26
    • Time: 6:30pm
    • One Line Summary:

      Wearables, big.LITTLE, migration

    • Speakers: Rom Lemarchand