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Summary of Survey Results – Thanks to all those who responded

Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey after Linux Plumbers in 2017,  we had 134 responses to it which, given the total number of conference participants of around 354, has provided confidence in the feedback trends. Overall – 85% of respondents were positive about the event,  with only 2% actually saying they were […]

Linux Plumbers Conference 2018 site and dates

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 edition of the Linux Plumbers Conference will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. It will be colocated with the Linux Kernel Summit. LPC will run from November 13, 2018 (Tuesday) to November 15, 2018 (Thursday). We look forward to another […]

Audio Recordings Posted

This year, by way of an experiment we tried recording the audio through the sound system of the talks track and one Microconference track (Those in Platinum C).  Unfortunately, because of technical problems, we have no recordings from Wednesday, but mostly complete ones from Thursday and Friday (Missing TPM Software Stack Status and Managing the […]

Linux Plumbers Conference Unconference Schedule Announced

Since we only have six proposals, we can schedule them in the unconference session without any need for actual voting at breakfast.  On a purely random basis, the schedule will be: Unconference I: 09:30 Test driven development (TDD) in the kernel – Knut Omang 11:00 Support for adding DT based thermal zones at runtime – […]

New to Plumbers: Unconference on Friday

The hallway track is always a popular feature of Linux Plumbers Conference.  New ideas and solutions emerge all the time.  But sometimes you start a discussion, and want to pull others in before the conference ends, and just can’t quite make it work. This year, we’re trying an experiment at Linux Plumbers and reserving a […]

Linux Plumbers Conference Preliminary Schedule Published

You can see the schedule by clicking on the ‘schedule’ tab above or by going to this url http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2017/ocw/events/LPC2017/schedule If you’d like any changes, please email contact@linuxplumbersconf.org and we’ll see what we can do to accommodate your request. Please also remember that the schedule is subject to change.

Testing and Fuzzing Microconference Accepted into the Linux Plumbers Conference

We’re pleased to announce that newcomer Microconference Testing and Fuzzing will feature at Plumbers in Los Angeles this year. The Agenda will feature the three fuzzers used for the Linux Kernel (Trinity, Syzkaller and Perf) along with discussion of formal verification tools, discussion of how to test stable trees, testing frameworks and also a discussion […]

Tracing/BPF Microconference Accepted into the Linux Plumbers Conference

Following on from the successful Tracing Microconference last year, we’re pleased to announce there will be a follow on at Plumbers in Los Angeles this year. The agenda for this year will not focus only on tracing but also will include several topics around eBPF. As eBPF now interacts with tracing and there is still […]

Trusted Platform Module Microconference Accepted into the Linux Plumbers Conference

Following on from the TPM Microconference last year, we’re pleased to announce there will be a follow on at Plumbers in Los Angeles this year. The agenda for this year will focus on a renewed attempt to unify the 2.0 TSS; cryptosystem integration to make TPMs just work for the average user; the current state […]

Scheduler Workloads Microconference Accepted into the Linux Plumbers Conference

New to Linux Plumbers Conference this year, the Scheduler Workloads Microconference will focus on understanding various workloads and their impact on the Linux Kernel Scheduler. The objective is to initiate a cross organizational and architectural discussion involving currently available (or in development) benchmarks and their effectiveness in evaluating the scheduler for these workloads. The agenda […]