We have a great slate of bird-of-a-feather (BoF) sessions on Thursday evening! However, there are still a few BoF slots left, so proposals are still welcome here. First come, first served!
The Linux Plumbers Conference starts in less than three weeks and so the schedule for Microconferences is now available! Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Although the Year of the Linux Desktop has yet to arrive, a surprising number of Linux users nevertheless need graphics support. This is because there have been a number of years of the Linux smartphone, the Linux television, the Linux digital sign/display/billboard, the Linux automobile, and more. This microconference will cover a number of topics […]
In stark contrast with decades past, thermal issues in computer systems now means much more than fans and heat sinks, and this microconference looks at some of the things that are now handled in software. The topics include the thermal framework, handling of temperature sensors, and different approaches to handling overtemperature conditions, ranging up to […]
Despite having been in production use for many decades, file and storage systems are very active areas, and have retained the ability to provide many new-technology surprises. This year’s edition of the File and Storage Systems Microconference will look at improved error reporting, filesystem-level encryption in traditional filesystems, SMR drives, online fsck, persistent memory, smart […]
The combination of security issues, kernel tinification, and a renewed concern about fast boot has intensified focus on system boot, initialization, and configuration, so much so that there is now a Linux Plumbers Conference Microconference focused on these topics. In addition to secure boot and minimizing size and bloat, this microconference will delve into a […]
The topic of persistent memory is back to the future for those of us old enough to have used core memory, but today’s persistent memory boasts densities, speeds, latencies, and capacities that are well beyond the scope even of science fiction back in the core-memory era. However, with extreme densities, speeds, latencies, and capacities come […]
Core counts keep rising, and that means that the Linux kernel continues to encounter interesting performance and scalability issues. Which is not a bad thing, since it has been well over ten years since the “free lunch” of exponential CPU-clock frequency increases came to an abrupt end. This microconference will therefore look at futex scaling, […]
In the past, this has been called the Network Virtualization Microconference, but this year’s instance is branching out to include IPv6 and Security. Network-virtualization topics include networking for multi-tenant container clusters, reducing network-namespace load on the system, intelligent processing at the edge of the data center, programmable datapath (as in fun with eBPF, OVS, nft, […]
There have been more than a few spirited discussions on the topic of device trees (described here) over the past few years, and we can probably expect a few more at this year’s Device Tree microconference. The main focus is on programs, scripts, techniques, and core support to help create correct device trees, validate existing […]
