Linux Kernel Developer Panel

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Panel covers concrete changes and problems: a 3.18 flag "more packets coming" that measurably boosts small-packet TX, core timekeeping switched to 64-bit seconds in 3.17 as the Year‑2038 fix-in-progress, and a push to move device tree blobs to a kernel.org device-tree mirror while pruning in-tree files. Also highlighted are daily automated builds, Coccinelle/Coxl static-analysis catches, long patch lifecycles, and resistance to exploding Kconfig complexity.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:13Community health
3. 10:53Device tree challenges
4. 13:29Unloved subsystems
5. 16:42Kernel quality tracking
6. 19:10Cross-subsystem communication
7. 27:18Linux on small devices
8. 32:39Tiny kernel configs
9. 38:00High-end hardware support
10. 39:05Mainline Linux on phones
11. 43:05Closing remarks

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