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, threaded interrupt handlers, and more. The number of patches that need integration has […]
Category Archives: Microconference
Power Management and Thermal Control Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-07-10 – 22:29
We are pleased to announce that the Power Management and Thermal Control Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! Power management and thermal control are important areas in the Linux ecosystem to help improve the environment of the planet. In recent years, computer systems have been becoming more and more complex and […]
Android Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-07-09 – 23:29
We are pleased to announce that the Android Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! Android has a long history at Linux Plumbers and has continually made progress as a direct result of these meetings. This year’s focus will be a fairly ambitious goal to create a Generic Kernel Image (GKI) (or […]
Databases Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-26 – 15:14
We are pleased to announce that the Databases Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! Linux plumbing is heavily important to those who implement databases and their users who expect fast and durable data handling. Durability is a promise never to lose data after advising a user of a successful update, even […]
Real-Time Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-19 – 22:55
We are pleased to announce that the Real-Time Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! The PREEMPT_RT patch set (aka “The Real-Time Patch”) was created in 2004 in the effort to make Linux into a hard real-time designed operating system. Over the years much of the RT patch has made it into […]
Testing and Fuzzing Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-19 – 02:29
We are pleased to announce that the Testing and Fuzzing Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! Testing and fuzzing are crucial to the stability that the Linux kernel demands. Last year’s microconference brought about a number of discussions; for example, syzkaller evolved as syzbot, which keeps track of fuzzing efforts and […]
Toolchains Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-17 – 18:10
We are pleased to announce that the Toolchains Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! The Linux kernel may be one of the most powerful systems around, but it takes a powerful toolchain to make that happen. The kernel takes advantage of any feature that the toolchains provide, and collaboration between the […]
Open Printing Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-14 – 15:18
We are pleased to announce that the Open Printing Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! In today’s world much is done online. But getting a hardcopy is still very much needed, even today. Then there’s the case of having a hardcopy and wanting to scan it to make it digital. All […]
Live Patching Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-13 – 20:19
We are pleased to announce that the Live Patching Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! There are some workloads that require 100% uptime so rebooting for maintenance is not an option. But this can make the system insecure as new security vulnerabilities may have been discovered in the running kernel. Live […]
You, Me and IoT Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference
2019-06-12 – 14:00
We are pleased to announce that the You, Me and IoT Microconference has been accepted into the 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference! IoT is becoming an integral part of our daily lives, controlling such devices as on/off switches, temperature controls, door and window sensors and so much more. But the technology itself requires a lot of […]
