FreeBSD Developer Summit, 7 September 2017
This page describes the first September 2017 FreeBSD Developer Summit, colocated with vBSDCon 2017, which will take place in Reston, Virginia, USA. This is a by-invitation event. FreeBSD committers will be welcome to register themselves using this wiki; non-committers must be sponsored by a committer to attend. Attendees must also attend vBSDCon 2017 in order to access all devsummit activities.
Sponsors
Schedule
The FreeBSD developer summit will take place on the 7th of September, prior to the conference proper. Many developers will arrive on the night of the 6th and meet for dinner and drinks before things kick off. Most developers will stay on through vBSDCon to give and attend talks.
Sep 7
Working Groups
| Track 1 | Track 2 | |
| 13:00-14:15 | ZFS | Toolchain |
| 14:15-14:30 | Break | |
| 14:30-15:45 | Network Stack / TCP | IFLIB and Network Drivers |
| 15:45-16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00-17:15 | pkgbase / base data files | Secure Boot |
Short Talks
Tell us about your latest project, train us on the use of a new tool, make observations about a FreeBSD development process and how to improve it, tell us how your company uses FreeBSD. Please mail devsummit@freebsd.org with your topic.
| Title | Speaker | Description | Slides, Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 11.1 | GlenBarber | Brief overview of the 11.1-RELEASE cycle | RE_Update.odp |
Working Groups
These sessions are intended to get developers with common areas of interest or specific projects in mind together for collaboration and hacking. They might involve prepared presentations, structured code reading, or a notebook-assisted whiteboard session. These are suggestions: we will determine the set of working groups interactively at the beginning of the summit.
| Topic Session | Session Leader | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid ZFS Integration | AllanJude | Creating a project branch to integrate late-development stage ZFS features earlier |
| Updating base data files | AllanJude | How to update certificate bundles, timezones, leapsecond files, etc easily and securely |
| IFLIB and Network Drivers | SeanBruno | What's IFLIB? Why IFLIB? How IFLIB? – Network Drivers and FreeBSD |
| pkgbase | GlenBarber | What do we need in order to finally kick this out of beta status? |
| lld as the system linker | EdMaste | What's left to install lld as /usr/bin/ld on amd64, i386, arm, … |
| Secure/Verified Boot | EdMaste | Discuss work in progress from Eric McCorkle and sjg |
Maps
Attendees
In order to attend, you must register in advance; this allows us to size rooms, order food, and provide beverages. We appreciate your cooperation in letting us know your plans well in advance of the event. Non-committers must be sponsored by a committer in order to attend. Due to increased attendance in recent years, companies are limited to one non-committer unless permission is explicitly granted by the organizers.
Developer Attendees
Registration is open.
Please keep sorted by FreeBSD login
| Name | FreeBSD.org login | Arrival Date | Departure Date | Hotel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllanJude | allanjude | 2017-09-06 15:50 | 2017-09-10 16:20 | Hyatt | |
| BenedictReuschling | bcr | 2017-09-05 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Flying |
| BennoRice | benno | 2017-09-05 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Flying |
| BradDavis | brd | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-09 | Hyatt | |
| MichaelDexter | dexter | 2017-09-06 17:48 | 2017-09-10 10:00 | Hyatt | Flying |
| DruLavigne | dru | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Driving |
| DanLangille | dvl | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Driving |
| EdMaste | emaste | 2017-09-06 15:50 | 2017-09-10 13:00 | Hyatt | |
| DrewGallatin | gallatin | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Driving |
| GlenBarber | gjb | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-09 | Hyatt | Driving |
| GeorgeNevilleNeil | gnn | TBD | Hyatt | Train | |
| GordonTetlow | gordon | 2017-09-06 16:15 | 2017-09-09 17:40 | Hyatt | Flying |
| JulienCharbon | jch | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Flying |
| JohnBaldwin | jhb | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | |
| JohnMarkGurney | jmg | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | ?? | Flying |
| JonathanAnderson | jonathan | 2017-09-06 18:01 | 2017-09-10 12:10 | Hyatt | Flying |
| KevinBowling | kbowling | TBD | TBD | Hyatt | |
| KurtLidl | lidl | n/a | n/a | n/a | Local |
| ScottLong | scottl | 2017-09-07 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Flying |
| AlexanderMotin | mav | 2017-09-04 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | |
| PatrickKelsey | pkelsey | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-09 | Hyatt | |
| SeanBruno | sbruno | TBD | TBD | ||
| SteveKiernan | stevek | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Driving |
| WarrenBlock | wblock | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | Driving |
| WillAndrews | will | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt |
Guest Attendees
| Name | Affiliation | Host | Arrival Date | Departure Date | Hotel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samy Bahra | gnn | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | ||
| Jeb Cramer | Intel Corporation | sbruno | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | |
| W Dean Freeman | NSS Labs | jmg | – | – | – | co-presenter |
| Farhan Khan | McAfee | allanjude | – | – | Local | |
| JT Pennington | allanjude | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | ||
| Eric McCorkle | allanjude | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | ||
| Michael Shirk | gnn | 2017-09-07 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | ||
| Shawn Webb | allanjude | 2017-09-06 | 2017-09-10 | Hyatt | ||
| John Wolfe | emaste | |||||
| Florent Guiliani | Verisign | jch | Local Attendee | |||
| Rick Miller | Verisign | jch | Local Attendee |
Information on Prior Developer Summits
Information on prior Developer Summits is available from the DevSummit page.
Meal Requirements
| Requirement | Qty |
|---|---|
| Vegetarian | 3 |
| Diet drinks | 0 |
| Meat | 3 |