We are pleased to announce that the VFIO/IOMMU/PCI Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. Today’s high speed components commonly utilize the devices that implement the PCI interconnect specification and the system IOMMUs that provide memory and access control between the devices and the system resources. The features of this domain are […]
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File system Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the File System Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. File systems are key to any operating system, and especially for the Linux kernel. They are the gateway to the underling storage, or could simply live in RAM as a virtual information repository. The file system […]
Testing and Fuzzing Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Testing and Fuzzing Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. In spite of the huge number of products shipping with the Linux kernel which are being thoroughly tested by OEMs and distribution providers, there is still no enforced quality standard upstream. How can we make […]
Real-time Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Real-time Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. Since 2004, the project that has become known as PREEMPT_RT, formally the real-time patch, has improved the real-time and low-latency features of the Linux kernel. Over the past decade, many parts of PREEMPT_RT have been included into […]
Toolchains and Kernel Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Toolchains and Kernel Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. Toolchains are the main part of any development, as they create the executables from the code a developer writes. In order to run efficiently on the operating system, there needs to be a strong understanding […]
Tracing Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Tracing Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. Tracing in the Linux kernel is constantly improving. Tracing was officially added to Linux in 2008. Since then, more tooling has been constantly added to help out with visibility. The work is still ongoing, with Perf, ftrace, […]
IoThree’s Company Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the IoThree’s Company Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. As everyday devices start to become more connected to the internet, the infrastructure around it constantly needs to be developed. Linux is showing up more in products that are not normally considered to be computers, but […]
Performance and Scalability Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Performance and Scalability Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference. All parts of the Linux ecosystem, kernel and userspace, should account for performance and scalability. The purpose of this microconference is for developers from different projects to meet and collaborate, as the entire stack must […]
Scheduler Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Scheduler Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference! The scheduler is an important functionality of the Linux kernel, deciding what process gets to run when, where and for how long. With different topologies and workloads, it is no easy task to give the user the […]
Confidential Computing Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference
We are pleased to announce that the Confidential Computing Microconference has been accepted into the 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference! In this microconference we will discuss how Linux can support encryption technologies which protect data during processing on the CPU. Examples are AMD SEV, Intel TDX, IBM Secure Execution for s390x and ARM Secure Virtualization. These […]