The kernel report

The Linux kernel is at the core of any Linux system; the performance and capabilities of the kernel will, in the end, place an upper bound on what he system as a whole can do. This talk will review recent events in the kernel development community, discuss the current...

The Linux Driver Model

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...

Understanding a Real-Time System (more than just a kernel)

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...

Upstream Kernel Graphics is (Finally) Winning

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:...

Control Group Status Update

cgroup has seen a lot of activities recently especially with the v2 effort. This talk goes over the v2 interface and discusses the recent developments and what’s to come in...