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FreeBSD Developer and Vendor Summit, November 3-4, 2014
This page describes the November 2014 FreeBSD Developer and Vendor Summit, taking place in San Jose, California. This is a by-invitation event. FreeBSD committers are welcome to register themselves using this wiki; non-committers need to contact gnn@freebsd.org to attend.
A NOTE ABOUT WIRELESS The venue has notified us that the wireless service will not cover all attendees. If at all possible please bring some form of MiFi or tethering device if you need network access during the meetings.
The information on this page is subject to change; please check back for updates.
Costs and Registration
All attendees MUST register by October 17th. Developers with write access to the Wiki may register themselves below. Those without write access should email gnn@freebsd.org to be added to the attendee list.
Attendance at the Summit is free and is being supported by the generosity of our sponsors.
Sponsors
Location
The Vendor Summit will be held at Western Digital’s campus on Rue Ferrari in South San Jose.
Schedule
The FreeBSD vendor summit takes place on the 3rd and 4th of November 2014.
Detailed Schedule
Please arrive by 8:45am for the morning sessions so that we can get started around 9:00am. Attendees can pick up badges throughout the day.
| November 3 | Topic | Leader/Speaker | Slides |
| 09:00-10:00 | Setup / Badges | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | Introductions | Everyone | |
| 10:15-10:30 | bhyve update | NeelNatu | bhyve_update_vendor_summit_2014.pdf |
| 10:30-11:00 | FreeBSD on Hyper-V and in VMDepot | Ross Gardler and Wei Hu | Virtualizing FreeBSD on Hyper-v.pdf |
| 11:00-12:00 | FreeBSD on ThunderX | Larry Wikelius | 2014-11-03 Cavium FreeBSD Summit Present Final.pdf |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Kyua and Jenkins Testing Framework for BSD | CraigRodrigues | kyua_jenkins.pdf |
| 14:00-15:00 | TCP Futures | GeorgeNevilleNeil | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break | ||
| 15:15-16:00 | Flame Graphs | Brendan Gregg | FreeBSD2014_FlameGraphs.pdf |
| November 4 | Topic | Leader/Speaker | Slides |
| 10:00-11:00 | Have/Need/Want | GeorgeNevilleNeil | |
| 11:00-12:00 | “ | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Working with the project (Bugzilla, svn, git, Phabricator) | EdMaste | Working with the FreeBSD Project.pdf |
| 14:00-15:00 | NUMA | JohnBaldwin | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break | ||
| 15:15-16:00 | Foundation Update | JustinGibbs | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Panel Discussion |
Attendees
In order to attend, you must register in advance; this allows us to size rooms, order food, provide beverages, and make dinner reservations. We appreciate your cooperation in letting us know your plans well in advance of the event.
Developer Attendees
(Please keep sorted alphabetically by last name.)
| Dates Attending | ||||
| Developer | Username | 3rd Nov | 4th Nov | Notes |
| EitanAdler | eadler | maybe | maybe | semi-local |
| DougAmbrisko | ambrisko | yes | yes | |
| GavinAtkinson | gavin | yes | yes | |
| JohnBaldwin | jhb | yes | yes | |
| GlenBarber | gjb | yes | yes | |
| SeanBruno | sbruno | yes | yes | local |
| AdrianChadd | adrian | yes | yes | |
| NgieCooper | ngie | yes | yes | |
| EricDavis | edavis | yes | yes | |
| PawelJakubDawidek | pjd | yes | yes | |
| BryanDrewery | bdrewery | yes | yes | |
| SimonGerraty | sjg | yes | maybe | |
| JustinGibbs | gibbs | yes | yes | |
| DaichiGoto | daichi | yes | yes | |
| PeterGrehan | grehan | yes | yes | |
| JohnMarkGurney | jmg | yes | yes | |
| JimHarris | jimharris | yes | maybe | |
| JustinHibbits | jhibbits | yes | yes | |
| StephenHurd | shurd | yes | yes | |
| DavideItaliano | davide | maybe | maybe | |
| AllanJude | allanjude | yes | yes | |
| GlebKurtsov | gleb | yes | yes | |
| DruLavigne | dru | yes | yes | |
| QingLi | qingli | yes | maybe | |
| XinLi | delphij | yes | yes | |
| ScottLong | scottl | yes | maybe | |
| EdMaste | emaste | yes | yes | |
| KirkMcKusick | mckusick | yes | yes | |
| KrisMoore | kmoore | yes | yes | |
| AlexanderMotin | mav | yes | yes | |
| NeelNatu | neel | yes | yes | |
| GeorgeNevilleNeil | gnn | yes | yes | |
| HirenPanchasara | hiren | maybe | maybe | |
| NavdeepParhar | np | yes | yes | |
| RuiPaulo | rpaulo | yes | yes | |
| MarkPeek | mp | yes | yes | |
| AlfredPerlstein | alfred | yes | yes | |
| BennoRice | benno | yes | yes | |
| LuigiRizzo | luigi | yes | yes | |
| CraigRodrigues | rodrigc | yes | yes | |
| HirokiSato | hrs | yes | yes | |
| StanislavSedov | stas | yes | maybe | |
| DavidCSomayajulu | davidcs | yes | yes | |
| StaceySon | sson | yes | yes | |
| DevinTeske | dteske | yes | yes | |
| BryanVenteicher | bryanv | yes | yes | |
| JackVogel | jfv | yes | yes | |
| PeterWemm | peter | yes | yes | |
| AndreyZonov | zont | yes | maybe | |
Guest Attendees
Please keep this list alphabetized by attendee last name.
| Dates Attending | ||||
| Guest | Affiliation | 3rd | 4th | Notes |
| Anthony Aragues | Norse | yes | yes | |
| Cheryl Blain | Xinuos | yes | yes | |
| Kevin Bowling | LimeLight Networks | yes | yes | |
| Alex Burlyga | Pi-Coral | yes | yes | |
| Sean Chittenden | Groupon | yes | yes | |
| Chirs Christensen | LimeLight Networks | yes | yes | |
| Leon Dang | Nahanni Systems | yes | yes | |
| Brett Davis | iXsystems | yes | yes | |
| Michael Dexter | CallForTesting | yes | yes | |
| Saravanan Dhakshinamurthy | Citrix | yes | yes | |
| Ross Gardler | Microsoft | yes | yes | |
| Deb Goodkin | FreeBSD Foundation | yes | yes | |
| Shan Greer | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Brendan Gregg | NetFlix | yes | no | |
| Calvin Guan | Broadcom | yes | yes | |
| Anish Gupta | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Wei Hu | Microsoft | yes | yes | |
| Steve Jacobson | Citrix | yes | yes | |
| Eric Joyner | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Prasun Kapoor | Cavium | yes | yes | |
| NaokiKatayama | Synergy K.K. | yes | yes | |
| George Kola | Voxer | yes | yes | |
| Joseph Kong | Isilon | yes | yes | |
| Jeff Kubo | Norse | yes | yes | |
| Kylie Liang | Microsoft | yes | yes | |
| Kip Macy | yes | yes | ||
| Patrick Mansfield | Sony | yes | yes | |
| John Meissen | Sony | yes | yes | |
| Bob Monkman | ARM | yes | yes | |
| Matt Olander | iXsystems | yes | yes | |
| Jeffrey Pieper | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Ravi Pokala | Panasas | yes | yes | |
| Alex Rosenberg | Sony | yes | yes | |
| John Savanyo | VMWare | yes | no | |
| Vijay Singh | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Jeremey Singletary | LimeLight Networks | yes | yes | |
| Arlie Stephens | Citrix | yes | yes | |
| Jim Thompson | NetGate | yes | yes | |
| Larry Wikelius | Cavium | yes | yes | |
| Jason Wolfe | LimeLight Networks | yes | yes | |
| Claudia Yadathi | Norse | yes | yes | |
| Gary Zambrano | Qlogic | yes | yes | |
Meal Requirements
| Requirement | Qty |
|---|---|
| Vegetarian | 4 |
| Diet drinks | 1 |
| Low carb | 1 |
Travel Information
Hotels
For those who are traveling to the meeting you may want to check out one of these three hotels, which are located not far from the summit venue.