[opensolaris-summit] Summit Hardware

[Al Hopper]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:

> On 04/10/2007, Garrett D'Amore <gdamore at sun.com> wrote:
>> John Sonnenschein wrote:
>>> Apple actually published a fantastic set of docs on the filesystem,
>>> but more to the point OSX/darwin contains a CDDL compatible licensed
>>> implementation, but I'm not as attached to the particular idea as I am
>>> with the idea of having technical (rather than political or design )
>>> breakouts
>>>
>>
>> As we are quickly running out of time, and I'm still not clear what
>> exactly is going to be discussed here.  I can't tell whether the summit
>> is going to be folks presenting their ideas for future directions on
>> topics like packaging and installation (both of which bore me, but I
>> actually happen to *like* the SYSV packaging that we have today), or
>> whether this going to be any multiway exchange of ideas going on.
>>
>> The "drivers and laptop support" topic is potentially very germane to
>> me, as that is my current focus (specifically drivers for SDcard, and
>> laptop power management including suspend/resume), but I'm still not
>> sure what is going to be discussed there... I don't recognize David
>> Stewart from the laptop or device drivers communities, nor from the
>> internal group at Sun that is focused on mobile platforms.  *So*, what
>> will that topic be about, really?
>>
>> I'm still afraid that the very non-technical focus of the topics means
>> that a lot of potential participants like me might be turned off by the
>> Summit.  This looks a lot more like a meeting of the Program Managers
>> than of the Engineers.  (And maybe that is indeed necessary and is also
>> the need the Summit is intended to fill, but if that is the case then
>> there is approximately zero purpose in my attendance.)
>
> I wouldn't call installation, packaging, upgrading, virtualisation,
> laptop drivers, open sound, etc. "non-technical" -- but that all
> depends on what you mean but "non-technical."
>
> I'd be happy to see you there, as I know there are at least a few of
> us that would like to pick your brains about driver development during
> a breakout session. However, that's up to you.

A big +1

You can only influence the agenda by being present.  And we'll have 
some systems where you could provide a real hands-on demo of your 
expertize - rather than presenting slide-ware.

Water always finds its own level...

Regards,

Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX.  al at logical-approach.com
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