Hi. On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 01:54, Patrick Mochel wrote: > My proposal for a Power Management BOF at OLS was approved last week. > There is not a schedule yet, and usually isn't until quite late in the > game. Hopefully everyone can make it to Ottawa this year, as there will be > a lot of crucial discussion taking place. I received confirmation yesterday that I can go. Looking forward to it! I'll be there the whole week too. Nigel > I expect there to be at least 1 slot dedicated to Power Management at the > Kernel Summit, too, and perhaps a BOF. That's only speculative, and have > no idea yet whether or not I will be attending. However, I *will* be in > Ottawa the entire week, regardless of whether I get invited to the Kernel > Summit. I encourage others to plan on the same, as we will have a lot to > talk about. > > In years past at KS, during the allotted slot, the progress made has been > minimal, as most people don't hold the same context of the multi-faceted > challenges that we face in dealing with PM. It's usually best as simply an > overview of the progress being made and the challenges ahead. > > Even the BOFs at KS have been helpful with people contributing some > insight, requirements, and wishlists, but have not done much WRT the > outstanding design/architectural issues. Instead, countless hours have > been spent in the halls and pubs working things out. > > What I propse is that we dedicate some time to meet in a smaller forum to > catch up and resolve outstanding issues before any allotted KS time. With > any slot we get, we can speak firmly, and in unity, about what we're doing > and where we're going. Discussion will inevitably ensue throughout the > week, strenghtening our TODO lists. ;) > > The OLS BOF will present a wider audience with more people concerned about > the usability and functionality, rather than the implementation. This is a > good thing; it just requires a slightly different perspective, and that > most arguments be at least placated by then. :) > > What do people think? > > > Pat > > > P.S. If anyone would like to attend OLS, but cannot get their company to > fund it, and is not already speaking, please let me know. I might be able > to add you as a co-chair of the BOF. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > linux-pm mailing list > linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm -- Nigel Cunningham Software Engineer, Canberra, Australia http://www.cyclades.com Bus: +61 (2) 6291 9554; Hme: +61 (2) 6292 8028; Mob: +61 (417) 100 574 Maintainer of Suspend2 Kernel Patches http://suspend2.net
