This year will feature a four-fold deeper dive into checkpoint-restore technology, thanks to participation by people from a number of additional related projects! These are the OpenMPI message-passing library, Berkeley Lab Checkpoint/Restart (BLCR), and Distributed MultiThreaded CheckPointing (DMTCP) (not to be confused with TCP/IP), in addition to the Checkpoint/Restore in Userspace group that has participated in prior years.

Docker integration remains a hot topic, as is post-copy live migration, as well as testing/validation. As you might guess from the inclusion of people from BLCR and OpenMPI, checkpoint-restore for distributed workloads (rather than just single systems) is an area of interest.

Please join us for a timely and important discussion!

Device-tree discussions are probably not quite as spirited as in the past, however, device tree is an active area. In particular, significant issues remain.

This microconference will cover the updated device-tree specification, debugging, bindings validation, and core-kernel code directions. In addition, there will be discussion of what does (and does not) go into the device tree, along with the device-creation and driver binding ordering swamp.

Join us for an important and spirited discussion!

We are pleased to announce the Call for Refereed-Track Proposals for the 2016 edition of the Linux Plumbers Conference, which will held be in Santa Fe, NM, USA on November 2-4 in conjunction with Linux Kernel Summit.

Refereed track presentations are 50 minutes in length and should focus on a specific aspect of the “plumbing” in the Linux system. Examples of Linux plumbing include core kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing systems, management tools, device support, media creation/playback, and so on. The best presentations are not about finished work, but rather problems, proposals, or proof-of-concept solutions that require face-to-face discussions and debate.

Given that Plumbers is not colocated with LinuxCon this year, we are spreading the refereed-track talks over all three days. This provides a change of pace and also provides a conflict-free schedule for the refereed-track talks. (Yes, this does result in more conflicts between the referred-track talks and the Microconferences, but there never is a truly free lunch.)

Linux Plumbers Conference Program Committee members will be reviewing all submitted sessions. High-quality submisssion that cannot be accepted due to the limited number of slots will be forwarded to the Microconference leads for further consideration.

To submit a refereed track talk proposal follow the instructions at this website.

Submissions are due on or before Thursday 1 September, 2016 at 11:59PM Pacific Time. Since this is after the closure of early registration, speakers may register before this date and we’ll refund the registration for any selected presentation’s speaker, but for only one speaker per presentation.

Finally, we are still accepting Microconference submissions here.
 
Dates:

Submissions close: September 1, 2016
Speakers notified: September 22, 2016
Slides due: November 1, 2016

The level of Containers excitement has increased even further this year, with much interplay between Docker, Kubernetes, Rkt, CoreOS, Mesos, LXC, LXD, OpenVZ, systemd, and much else besides. This excitement has led to some interesting new use cases, including even the use of containers on Android.

Some of these use cases in turn require some interesting new changes to the Linux plumbing, including mounts in unprivileged containers, improvements to cgroups resource management, ever-present security concerns, and interoperability between various sets of tools.

Please join us for an important discussion on an important aspect of cloud computing!

We are pleased to announce the Call for Microconferences for the 2016 edition of the Linux Plumbers Conference, which will be held in Santa Fe, NM, USA on November 2-4 in conjunction with Linux Kernel Summit.

A microconference is a collection of collaborative sessions focused on problems in a particular area of the Linux plumbing, which includes the kernel, libraries, utilities, UI, and so forth, but can also focus on cross-cutting concerns such as security, scaling, energy efficiency, or a particular use case. Good microconferences result in solutions to these problems and concerns, while the best microconferences result in patches that implement those solutions. For more information on submitting a microconference proposal, see http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2016/participate/#cfmc.

Of course, there is more to Plumbers than microconferences, so look for upcoming calls for refereed-track presentations, BoFs, hackfests, and lightning talks. We hope to see you in Santa Fe this coming November!