Return-Path: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) From: Marcel Holtmann In-Reply-To: <20130909192346.GC1955@tuxdriver.com> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:48:42 -0700 Message-Id: <6D969CDD-C551-4C4C-A674-A7518B3EE0AC@holtmann.org> References: <20130808185410.GD30925@tuxdriver.com> <20130808190428.GF30925@tuxdriver.com> <20130905133907.GE1947@tuxdriver.com> <1378397092.3580.21.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <20130909192346.GC1955@tuxdriver.com> To: John W. Linville Cc: Samuel Ortiz , Dan Williams , linux-nfc@ml01.01.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net Subject: Re: [linux-nfc] Linux Wireless Mini-Summit in New Orleans -- 19-20 September List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Errors-To: linux-nfc-bounces@lists.01.org Sender: linux-nfc-bounces@lists.01.org List-ID: Hi John, >>>> Sorry, forgot to copy linux-bluetooth and linux-nfc... >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 02:54:11PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: >>>>> Greetings! >>>>> >>>>> This is a reminder that we will have a Linux Wireless Mini-Summit in >>>>> New Orleans this year on 19-20 September. This will immediately follow >>>>> LinuxCon and will run concurrently with Linux Plumber's Conference. >>>>> This event includes Linux developers for wireless LAN (802.11), >>>>> Bluetooth, and NFC technologies. Both kernel and userland developers >>>>> are welcomed and heartily encouraged to attend! >>>>> >>>>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Summits/New-Orleans-2013 >>>>> >>>>> The link above is a Wiki. We are using it to collect discussion >>>>> topics and to negotiate agenda/scheduling options for the event. >>>>> Please go there to record your intent to attend the event and to >>>>> propopse topics for discussion. >>>>> >>>>> Please be aware that in order to attend the event above one must >>>>> register for either LinuxCon or for Linux Plumbers Conference. >>>>> Act now, before those events fill-up and close their registrations! >>>>> >>>>> We are allotted one "large" room (up to ~80 people "theater style"), and >>>>> two "small" rooms (up to ~25 people) for this event. Based on history >>>>> and the numbers of contributors, the larger room will primarily be >>>>> for the 802.11 discussions and any "plenary" topics while the smaller >>>>> rooms will be for Bluetooth, NFC, and any "breakout" topics. >>>>> >>>>> So...thoughts? Topics to discuss? >>> >>> Ping? We're now just 2 weeks away! >>> >>> Is our topic list complete? It looks a bit light... >>> >>> Anyone have any input on scheduling the topics? Are there any >>> overlapping LPC sessions that it would make sense to work around? >> >> I'm attending though I haven't put my name on the wiki yet. >> >> Random thoughts; it doesn't look like any of these are covered in the >> regular LinuxConf or LPC sessions. >> >> 1) State of the Union (maybe by multiple people in the same session per >> their expertise), since perhaps not everyone doing eg 802.11 stuff knows >> what's happening in BT or NFC land, or not everyone working on a >> specific driver may know what new stuff their driver might need to be >> fixed up for. Maybe 5 minutes or less for things like: >> >> * what's under the most active development right now? >> * upcoming new driver, hardware, and new capabilities >> * new 802.11 standards >> * and what's coming up in the next year from the standards orgs >> * what people will start working on soon >> * what will 3.13 or 3.14 look like from a wireless perspective? >> * 11s mesh status? >> * anything interesting in wpa_supplicant land? >> * anything new/interesting on the Android front? >> >> 2) Bluetooth - update about what's new and what's coming up in Bluez >> land, and interaction with kernel 802.11 if any, >> >> 3) NFC - update about what's new and what's coming up in NFC land, where >> it's getting used, what the stack looks like >> >> 4) What are users having the most problems with and how these problems >> be fixed better/more quickly? Are they driver bugs? Are they stack >> bugs? Supplicant bugs? NM/GUI/etc bugs? Is there anything in our >> development processes that's not working as smoothly as it could be? > > Thanks, Dan -- those all look like decent discussion points. > I've added most of the points above to the topic list: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Summits/New-Orleans-2013 > > Now, we need a few volunteers... > > Gustavo, can you do a session on Bluetooth developments? > > Samuel, can you cover NFC? I can do the Bluetooth part and I am just volunteering Samuel for NFC ;) Regards Marcel _______________________________________________ Linux-nfc mailing list Linux-nfc@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-nfc