Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:18:31 +0000
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2007-discuss] Re: [Ksummit-2006-discuss] 2007 Linux Kernel Summit
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On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 10:48:45AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> Well, OK, but the next question is that is some form of panel of
> outsiders still a useful feature?
> 
> Previous panels we've done have been:
> 
>       * Device Drivers - Inputs from vendors trying to get code into the
>         kernel.  I had feedback that this was reasonably useful; the
>         problem is that it tends to be composed of vendors already
>         making a big effort on the open source process and not the ones
>         (like graphics) who aren't.
>       * Customer Panel - inputs from various users deploying linux in
>         their enterprises.  This did tend to degenerate quickly to a
>         list of requirements.
> 
> The one everyone seems to want is chipsets, so is this the one we want
> to shoot for this year?

chipsets is probably more interesting than cpus, yes.  Most useful would
be other open source projects and their requirements/wishes from the kernel,
but we're already discussing that elsewhere in this maze of threads..
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