On 4/1/20 2:22 AM, Joe Lawrence wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 02:20:52PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> oh well, it sounds a bit awkward to be talking about any conference plans >> for this year given how the corona things are untangling in the world, but >> LPC planning committee has issued (a) statement about Covid-19 (b) call >> for papers (as originally planned) nevertheless. Please see: >> >> https://linuxplumbersconf.org/ >> https://linuxplumbersconf.org/event/7/abstracts/ >> >> for details. >> >> Under the asumption that this Covid nuisance is over by that time and >> travel is possible (and safe) again -- do we want to eventually submit a >> livepatching miniconf proposal again? >> >> I believe there are still kernel related topics on our plate (like revised >> handling of the modules that has been agreed on in Lisbon and Petr has >> started to work on, the C parsing effort by Nicolai, etc), and at the same >> time I'd really like to include the new kids on the block too -- the >> userspace livepatching folks (CCing those I know for sure are working on >> it). >> > > Hi Jiri, > > First off, I hope everyone is riding out COVID-19 as well as possible, > considering all that's happening. > > As for LPC mini-conf topics, I'd be interested in (at least): > > - Petr's per-object livepatch POC > - klp-convert status > - objtool hacking > - Nicolai's klp-ccp status > - arch update (arm64, etc) Hi Jiri, I hope everyone is keeping safe. I would be interested in the topics listed by Joe and in userspace patching. > >> So, please if you have any opinion one way or the other, please speak up. >> Depending on the feedback, I will be fine handling the logistics of the >> miniconf submission as last year (together with Josh I guess?) unless >> someone else wants to step up and volunter himself :) >> >> (*) which is totally unclear, yes -- for example goverment in my country >> has been talking for border closure lasting for 1+ years ... but it >> all depends on how things develop of course). > > Hmm, all good points. Some conferences have gone virtual to cope with > necessary cancellations, but who knows what things will look like even > at the end of August. Perhaps we can still do something remotely if the > conditions dictate it. But my vote would be yes, and let's see what > topics interest folks. > Regards, Kamalesh
