Linux Plumbers Conf 2013

One Line Summary

Abstract

There are current plans to phase out the fbdev api, and this round-table discussion between Android developers and key upstream community members will cover what issues this might bring up.

Speaker

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  John Stultz

  Linaro.org
  • Blog: http://plus.google.com/u/0/111524780435806926688/posts

  Biography

  John Stultz has worked on x86 server enablement, Enterprise Realtime Linux, and now as a member of the Linaro.org effort. In the Linux community, he has worked mostly as maintainer of the timekeeping subsystem, but has also worked on stability and scalability issues with the PREEMPT_RT patch, and most recently has been working to upstream Android functionality into the mainline kernel.

  Sessions

  • * ION / dma-buf allocators / Constraint solving
    • Title: ION / dma-buf allocators / Constraint solving
    • Microconference: Android and Graphics
    • Time: 11:00am
    • One Line Summary:

      Discussions on upstreaming ION-like functionality around dma-buf allocation and device constraint solving.

    • Speakers: John Stultz
  • * Dma-buf fences vs Android sync driver:
    • Title: Dma-buf fences vs Android sync driver:
    • Microconference: Android and Graphics
    • Time: 9:00am
    • One Line Summary:

      Discussion on dma-buf fences and Android sync driver

    • Speakers: John Stultz
  • * KMS HWComposer issues, the Atomic Display Framework and other KMS Extentions
    • Title: KMS HWComposer issues, the Atomic Display Framework and other KMS Extentions
    • Microconference: Android and Graphics
    • One Line Summary:

      Discussion around issues with a KMS based HWComposer, the Atomic Display Framework, and other KMS extentions

    • Speakers: John Stultz, Greg Hackmann
  • * Phasing-out of the FBDEV API
    • Title: Phasing-out of the FBDEV API
    • Microconference: Android and Graphics
    • Time: 10:30am
    • One Line Summary:

      Discussion around how phasing out the fbdev api might affect Android

    • Speakers: John Stultz
  • * Unified in-kernel IPC - KDBUS/Binder
    • Title: Unified in-kernel IPC - KDBUS/Binder
    • Microconference: Android
    • One Line Summary:

      Discussions around KDBUS and if it is sufficient to replace the in-kernel binder driver

    • Speakers: John Stultz
  • * Android Gadget driver vs ConfigFS Gadget driver
    • Title: Android Gadget driver vs ConfigFS Gadget driver
    • Microconference: Android
    • One Line Summary:

      Discussions around what the ConfigFS gadget driver needs to replace the Android Gadget driver

    • Speakers: John Stultz
  • * Android netfilter changes
    • Title: Android netfilter changes
    • Microconference: Android
    • One Line Summary:

      Discussions on getting Android netfilter changes merged upstream

    • slides
    • Speakers: John Stultz