Re: Linux Power Management Mini-Summit -- Ottawa -- July 22, 2008

[Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> [2008-06-26 01:12:19]:

> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 02:44:01PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> > This is an open invitation to participate in
> > a Linux Power Management mini-summit
> > 9AM Tuesday July 22, 2008 in Ottawa.
> > 
> > Send suggestions for topics to linux-pm@lists.osdl.org,
> > whether you plan to attend or not.  The attendees will
> > form the agenda by consensus at the start of the session.
> > 
> > If you would like to attend, please send a note to
> > linux-pm@lists.osdl.org announcing your intent,
> > and what you would like to discuss.
> 
> I would like to attend if there is a slot still available.
> I could request only after knowing for sure I would be able
> to travel.

Hi Len,

I would like to attend if a slot is still available.

I have been working on scheduler enhancements for task consolidation.  

> 1. CPU power management
> 	- CPU consolidation strategy (getting work done on fewer CPUs) 
> 	- scheduler issues

I would like to discuss challenges in implementing the above features
for various application and workload characteristics.

> 2. Memory power management 
> 	- Strategies for upcoming technologies
> 
> 3. I/O power management through hotplug
> 
> 4. Overall server power management
> 	- Per-subsystem control vs global powersave modes
> 
> 5. Power management in virtuaized environment
> 	- #1/#2/#3 in virtualized environment
> 	- OS-KVM/Xen interaction needed for it

I would like to discuss the impact of power management features in
guest OS on the overall host system and challenges with power and
performance trade-off in virtualized environments with multiple
guests.

Thanks,
Vaidy