FreedomHEC 2008
FreedomHEC 2008, the Linux device driver "unconference", will take place November 8-9, 2008 in Santa Monica, California, following WinHEC in Los Angeles. Plan to attend and learn why Linux support has become an industry standard requirement for new hardware, and how you can get your products supported under Linux quickly and conveniently for customers.
Who: Hardware engineers, driver developers, you.
What: Device driver unconference
Where: Santa Monica, California, USA
When: November 8-9, 2008
Why: Make your hardware valuable to the growing Linux market.
At FreedomHEC, participants will learn how the Linux driver development process works, differently from the complex processes used to develop drivers for proprietary operating systems. The kernel team and the Linux distributions take on much of the build, test, and support work for a driver, freeing up the hardware manufacturer's driver team to concentrate on the core code.
You'll also have an opportunity to discuss your driver development options, including the opportunity to work with the Linux Driver Project and the Linux Foundation to have a driver developed free of charge, under an NDA that keeps your device documentation confidential but that allows the actual code to become part of the Linux process. Bring your toughest technical and organizational questions.
Sponsors are: host sponsor Edmunds.com; sponsors Google, the Linux Foundation, and the Linux Driver Project; and media sponsors LinuxWorld.com and LWN.
To attend FreedomHEC, sign up at the conference Wiki at http://freedomhec.pbwiki.com/ Conference attendance is free of charge for anyone who pre-registers on the Wiki.
Contact: Don Marti dmarti@zgp.org
(WinHEC is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. FreedomHEC is not affiliated with Microsoft Corporation.)