Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the CPU Isolation Microconference CPU Isolation is an ability to shield workloads with extreme latency or performance requirements from interruptions (also known as Operating System noise) provided by a close combination of several kernel and userspace components. An example of such workloads are DPDK use cases in […]
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Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: IoTs a 4-Letter Word
2022-06-18 – 14:37
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the IoT Microconference The IoT microconference is back for its fourth year and our Open Source HW / SW / FW communities are productizing Linux and Zephyr in ways that we have never seen before. A lot has happened in the last year to discuss and bring […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: Real-time and Scheduling
2022-06-15 – 16:10
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the Real-time and Scheduling Microconference The real-time and scheduling micro-conference joins these two intrinsically connected communities to discuss the next steps together. Over the past decade, many parts of PREEMPT_RT have been included in the official Linux codebase. Examples include real-time mutexes, high-resolution timers, lockdep, ftrace, RCU_PREEMPT, […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: Kernel Memory Management
2022-06-11 – 13:55
This microconference supplements the LSF/MM event by providing an opportunity to discuss current topics with a different audience, in a different location, and at a different time of year. The microconference is about current problems in kernel memory management, for example: Multi-generational LRU vs traditional LRU Do we need three different slab allocators? How far […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: Compute Express Link
2022-06-08 – 19:10
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the Compute Express Link Microconference Compute Express Link is a cache coherent fabric that is gaining a lot of momentum in the industry. Hardware vendors have begun to ramp up on CXL 2.0 hardware and software must not lag behind. The current software ecosystem looks promising with […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: RISC-V
2022-06-05 – 18:41
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the RISC-V Microconference The RISC-V software ecosystem continues to grow tremendously with many RISC-V ISA extensions being ratified last year. There are many features supporting the ratified extensions that are under development, for instance svpbmt, sstc, sscofpmf, cbo. The RISC-V microconference is to discuss these issues with […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: Zoned Storage Devices (SMR HDDs & ZNS SSDs)
2022-06-02 – 13:08
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the Zoned Storage Devices (SMR HDDs & ZNS SSDs). The Zoned Storage interface has been introduced to make more efficient use of the storage medium, improving both device raw capacity and performance. Zoned storage devices expose their storage through zone semantics with a set of read/write rules […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: Service Management and systemd
2022-05-29 – 11:34
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the Service Management and systemd Microconference. The focus of this microconference will be on topics related to the current state of host-level service management and ideas for the future. Most of the topics will be aroind the systemd ecosystem as the most widely adoped service manager. The […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: Containers and Checkpoint/Restore
2022-05-26 – 09:55
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the Containers and Checkpoint/Restore Microconference The Containers and Checkpoint/Restore Microconference focuses on both userspace and kernel related work. The micro-conference targets the wider container ecosystem ideally with participants from all major container runtimes as well as init system developers. Potential discussion topcis include : User namespace improvements […]
Microconferences at Linux Plumbers Conference: Kernel Testing & Dependability
2022-05-23 – 09:23
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 is pleased to host the Kernel Testing & Dependability Microconference The Kernel Testing & Dependability Microconference focuses on advancing the state of testing of the Linux kernel and testing on Linux in general. The main purpose is to improve software quality and dependability for applications that require predictability and trust. The […]
