LinuxCon Japan 2011 | Presentations

Status of Embedded Linux (BoFs)

Date: Friday, June 3rd
Time: 9:00am
Location: Room 413

In this session, Tim will discuss recent development in embedded Linux, including changes to the kernel, improvements to embedded-related sub-systems, and new industry initiatives likely to affect embedded Linux developers in the future. Also, Tim will discuss the direction of the CE Linux forum, and their contract work and projects for this year. We will discuss highlights from the last year, and ways to continue to improve Linux going forward.

Tim Bird, Sony Network Entertainment

Tim Bird is a Principal Software Engineer for Sony Network Entertainment, where he helps Sony research improvements to Linux for use in Sony's products. Tim has recently been focusing on Android. Tim is also the Chair of the Architecture Group of the CE Linux Forum, a working group of the Linux Foundation that seeks to improve Linux for use in Consumer Electronics products. In this position, Tim directs the technical initiatives of the forum, and encourages companies to publish their improvements to Linux and participate in the open source community. Tim has been working with Linux for over 19 years.