CELF Project BOF

This page describes the CELF Project BOF, which will be held at the 2006 Ottawa Linux Symposium.

Table Of Contents:

Description
The purpose of this BOF is to present the status of a few CELF-related open source initiatives and projects, and have an open discussion on topics of interest to CELF members and open source embedded developers in general.

Meeting Information

 * Date: Friday, July 21
 * Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
 * Place: Les Suites Hotel, Byward Suite
 * Les Suite is just 2 blocks west of the Congress Centre
 * Hotel info: http://www.les-suites.com/english/index.html
 * Map: http://www.les-suites.com/english/map.html

(Follow the people going to the OLS whisky-tasting BOF, but then drop by and talk to us)

Quickie CELF Initiatives Overview
By Tim Bird
 * Tim will (very briefly) describe the initiatives and projects that CELF is directly managing and funding:
 * Linux-tiny mainlining, and bloatwatch (via Selenic Consulting - Matt Mackall)
 * UHAPI/DirectFB integration (via Dennis Kropp)
 * CELF Open Test Lab (via Nomad Global Solutions)
 * Embedded Linux Conference

CELF Test Lab demonstration
By Tim Bird
 * Basic lab infrastructure is now set up, and tests can be run remotely on multiple boards.
 * Tim will demonstrate running a test in the lab, and discuss next steps for wider deployment of the lab infrastructure
 * need more tests - specific to CELF requirements
 * need more systems - satellite nodes and the Japan test lab
 * integration with or leveraging of other Linux automated test systems.

Config Weight Size Test
By Munehiro Ikeda
 * Ikeda will describe overview of his examination to make clear config weights(impacts), which means size and memory usage increase by enabling a config item.
 * Examination tool named "Kconfig Size"
 * Current examination result summary
 * Further works plan

CABI (CPU Resource Management)
By Sugaya-san [need to confirm this]
 * Need description here.

Jamboree Report
By Satoru Ueda
 * This is a report of presentations and projects from recent CELF regional jamborees in Japan.
 * see Japan Technical Jamboree Guidance, Japan Technical Jamboree 8 and Japan Technical Jamboree 9

Review of CELF members' project list

 * What OSS projects are CELF members working on?
 * See Project List [Need to update this before the BOF]
 * Discuss how to connect these projects back to original OSS projects?

Annual CELF "Challenge" Item

 * We'll discuss CELF's proposal for creating a list of technology projects to focus on for the year
 * How can CELF push the projects forward?
 * Incentives - support, hardware, prizes, funding, labor?

Open Discussion

 * What projects deserve focused CELF attention??
 * Does anyone need hardware that CELF or it's members can provide?
 * Should we do a "hackfest"?