Building a full kernel takes time but is often necessary during development or when backporting patches. The nature of the kernel makes it easy to distribute its build on multiple cheap machines. This presentation will explain how to set up a build farm based on cost,...
The Linux driver model was created over a decade ago with the goal of unifying all hardware drivers in the kernel in a way to provide both consitant device naming and properly power management control. This talk will go into how well those goals were reached, how the...
The PREEMPT_RT patch turns Linux into a hard Real-Time designed operating system. But it takes more than just a kernel to make sure you can meet all your requirements. This talk explains all aspects of the system that is being used for a mission critical project that...
About 5 years ago I was at a big conference on the topic of what’s needed for upstream graphics. I spent a lot of time apologizing for and ranting about the various horror shows in the DRM graphics subsystems. And eventually some engineer from a hardware vendor asked:...
