HDMI CEC: Status Report

The HDMI connector features a CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) pin that allows connected devices to detect and control one another. A new framework to handle CEC was added to the kernel in 2016. This talk describes the current state of the CEC support, how to...

Build farm again

Following a talk last year, Willy will present a review about how he used his build farm, some feedbacks about hardware and what improvment he could provide in coming...

Linux kernel ABI specification

The ABI, the layer that joins the kernel and userspace is quite a mess. Various different interfaces, lacking documentation, and constant changes make it hard for anyone who uses the kernel to know that they can expect from the kernel when their userspace...

Linux Kernel release model

This talk describes how the Linux kernel development model works, what a long term supported kernel is, and why all Linux-based systems devices should be using all of the stable releases and not attempting to pick and choose random patches. It also goes into how the...

Modern Key Management with GPG

This talk describes how the Linux kernel development model works, what a long term supported kernel is, and why all Linux-based systems devices should be using all of the stable releases and not attempting to pick and choose random patches. It also goes into how the...