Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Takashi Iwai]

Hi,

a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).

Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
such, too.  Just let us know.


Thanks!

Takashi

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> 
> Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> such, too.  Just let us know.

Hi,

I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
a BoF session or another type of meeting.

Thanks,
	Jaroslav

-- 
Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:02:45 +0200,
Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> 
> On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> > 
> > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > such, too.  Just let us know.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
> a BoF session or another type of meeting.

Awesome, looking forward to seeing you again!


Takashi

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:31:48 +0200,
Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:02:45 +0200,
> Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> > 
> > On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> > > 
> > > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > > such, too.  Just let us know.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
> > a BoF session or another type of meeting.
> 
> Awesome, looking forward to seeing you again!

So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)

I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
interested to join, heartedly welcome!

If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
speak up, please.


thanks,

Takashi

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Srinivas Kandagatla]

Thanks Takashi,

On 10/2/26 5:41 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:31:48 +0200,
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:02:45 +0200,
>> Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
>>>
>>> On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
>>>> meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
>>>> Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
>>>> If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
>>>> Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
>>>> such, too.  Just let us know.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
>>> a BoF session or another type of meeting.
>>
>> Awesome, looking forward to seeing you again!
> 
> So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
> haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)
> 
> I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
> interested to join, heartedly welcome!
> 
> If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
> AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can

I have a talk at on SDCA and Devicetrees at "10:45 AM - 11:05 AM" on
Tuesday 6th Oct. I would really appreciate if yo can avoid that 20 mins.


--srini

> just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
> speak up, please.
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Takashi

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Mark Brown]

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On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 06:41:33PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
> AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
> just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
> speak up, please.

I'm on the committee for Plumbers so I'll mostly be busy in sessions,
I've also got a dinner booked on Tuesday.  Breaks or the Monday or
Wedneday evening events should be better for me.

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Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Arun Raghavan]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2026 at 09:41, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:31:48 +0200,
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:02:45 +0200,
> > Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> > >
> > > On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > > > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > > > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > > > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > > > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > > > such, too.  Just let us know.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
> > > a BoF session or another type of meeting.
> >
> > Awesome, looking forward to seeing you again!
>
> So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
> haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)
>
> I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
> interested to join, heartedly welcome!
>
> If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
> AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
> just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
> speak up, please.

I couldn't make it this year unfortunately, will start to get plans
for next year rolling a lot sooner. :)

Cheers,
Arun

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On 10/2/26 18:41, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:31:48 +0200,
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:02:45 +0200,
>> Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
>>>
>>> On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
>>>> meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
>>>> Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
>>>> If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
>>>> Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
>>>> such, too.  Just let us know.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
>>> a BoF session or another type of meeting.
>>
>> Awesome, looking forward to seeing you again!
> 
> So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
> haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)
> 
> I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
> interested to join, heartedly welcome!
> 
> If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
> AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
> just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
> speak up, please.

I'm okay with any format. Monday or Wednesday works better for me.

			Thanks,
				Jaroslav

-- 
Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Takashi Iwai]

On Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:41:33 +0200,
Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:31:48 +0200,
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:02:45 +0200,
> > Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > > > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > > > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > > > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > > > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > > > such, too.  Just let us know.
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
> > > a BoF session or another type of meeting.
> > 
> > Awesome, looking forward to seeing you again!
> 
> So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
> haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)
> 
> I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
> interested to join, heartedly welcome!
> 
> If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
> AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
> just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
> speak up, please.

It seems that a lunch meeting would be fitting at b.

How about Wednesday's lunch?  Does anyone have a conflict?


Takashi

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Mark Brown]

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On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 03:10:12PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> How about Wednesday's lunch?  Does anyone have a conflict?

Works for me.

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Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Mark Brown]

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On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 03:10:12PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Takashi Iwai wrote:

> > > > > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > > > > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > > > > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).

> > > > > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > > > > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > > > > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > > > > such, too.  Just let us know.

> It seems that a lunch meeting would be fitting at b.

> How about Wednesday's lunch?  Does anyone have a conflict?

Adding Mormimoto-san who's also here.

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Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Vinod Koul]

On 05-10-26, 15:10, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:41:33 +0200,

> > So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
> > haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)
> > 
> > I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
> > interested to join, heartedly welcome!
> > 
> > If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
> > AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
> > just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
> > speak up, please.
> 
> It seems that a lunch meeting would be fitting at b.
> 
> How about Wednesday's lunch?  Does anyone have a conflict?

works for me. I hope we get to finally meet Jaroslav :-)

-- 
~Vinod

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On 10/5/26 17:17, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On 05-10-26, 15:10, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> On Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:41:33 +0200,
> 
>>> So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
>>> haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)
>>>
>>> I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
>>> interested to join, heartedly welcome!
>>>
>>> If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
>>> AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
>>> just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
>>> speak up, please.
>>
>> It seems that a lunch meeting would be fitting at b.
>>
>> How about Wednesday's lunch?  Does anyone have a conflict?
> 
> works for me. I hope we get to finally meet Jaroslav :-)

It work for me, too. I'm looking forward to meet you all.

Mark, would be possible to reserve a club room on first floor for this? Or you 
may have a better idea where we can held this meeting. Thank you

Jaroslav

-- 
Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Mark Brown]

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On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 08:02:24PM +0200, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:

> Mark, would be possible to reserve a club room on first floor for this? Or
> you may have a better idea where we can held this meeting. Thank you

We've got club D:

   https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2653/

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Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Charles Keepax]

On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 06:41:33PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:31:48 +0200,
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:02:45 +0200,
> > Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 8/20/26 15:34, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > > > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > > > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > > > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > > > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > > > such, too.  Just let us know.
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I will be attending Linux Plumbers and would be pleased to participate in
> > > a BoF session or another type of meeting.
> > 
> > Awesome, looking forward to seeing you again!
> 
> So, the conference will be opening on the next Monday, and we still
> haven't planed yet -- business as usual :)
> 
> I put people who showed interests in Cc.  If more people are
> interested to join, heartedly welcome!
> 
> If anyone has NO-GO time slots (Monday AM/PM, Tuesday AM/PM, Wednesday
> AM/PM), let us know.  Or, since there aren't so many people, we can
> just have a lunch or dinner meeting, too.  If you have any preference,
> speak up, please.

Afraid I am not going to make it this year, very sorry about
that. But I definitely approve of the idea to try and restart
some audio meet ups and hopefully can make it for something
next year.

Thanks,
Charles

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Srinivas Kandagatla]

On 8/20/26 2:34 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> 
> Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> such, too.  Just let us know.
> 

Thankyou Takashi and Mark for setting up this meeting,

Here is some Meeting Notes, please add if I missed anything.

-SDCA
Discussed gaps in the MIPI SDCA specification for platforms that don't
use ACPI.
Action item: @Srini to engage more actively with MIPI to help shape
future versions of the spec.

-Compressed Offload and End-to-End Testing
Concern raised that compressed audio support gets little or no testing,
since it can currently only be exercised from the command line.
Proposals:
Integrate tinycompress into alsa-lib.
Explore options for supporting compress offload in UCM.
Action item: @vinod or @Jaroslav for merge
	@Jaroslav to look at offload UCM.
	@Srini to look into player support for e2e testing

-Speaker Protection
Brief discussion on whether a standard framework or user-space utilities
exist for performing speaker calibration or applying calibration data.
Action Item:

-ASoC Componentization
Discussed the current status of ASoC componentization.
The work could move faster with extra help; volunteers for development
and testing are welcome.

-Sashiko Reviews
Takashi proposed enabling Sashiko reviews on the sound mailing list.
Everyone agreed, with some changes to the default configuration (e.g.,
cool-off period for responses).

-Quarterly Meetings
Takashi proposed holding a virtual meeting every quarter.
Action item: @Takashi to send invite.

-Next LPC
Agreed that a dedicated Audio BoF at LPC would be beneficial.
Action item: @Srini and @Vinod to set this up.


Thanks,
Srini


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Takashi
> 

Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:46:57 +0200,
Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> On 8/20/26 2:34 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> > 
> > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > such, too.  Just let us know.
> > 
> 
> Thankyou Takashi and Mark for setting up this meeting,
> 
> Here is some Meeting Notes, please add if I missed anything.
> 
> -SDCA
> Discussed gaps in the MIPI SDCA specification for platforms that don't
> use ACPI.
> Action item: @Srini to engage more actively with MIPI to help shape
> future versions of the spec.
> 
> -Compressed Offload and End-to-End Testing
> Concern raised that compressed audio support gets little or no testing,
> since it can currently only be exercised from the command line.
> Proposals:
> Integrate tinycompress into alsa-lib.
> Explore options for supporting compress offload in UCM.
> Action item: @vinod or @Jaroslav for merge
> 	@Jaroslav to look at offload UCM.
> 	@Srini to look into player support for e2e testing
> 
> -Speaker Protection
> Brief discussion on whether a standard framework or user-space utilities
> exist for performing speaker calibration or applying calibration data.
> Action Item:
> 
> -ASoC Componentization
> Discussed the current status of ASoC componentization.
> The work could move faster with extra help; volunteers for development
> and testing are welcome.
> 
> -Sashiko Reviews
> Takashi proposed enabling Sashiko reviews on the sound mailing list.
> Everyone agreed, with some changes to the default configuration (e.g.,
> cool-off period for responses).
> 
> -Quarterly Meetings
> Takashi proposed holding a virtual meeting every quarter.
> Action item: @Takashi to send invite.
> 
> -Next LPC
> Agreed that a dedicated Audio BoF at LPC would be beneficial.
> Action item: @Srini and @Vinod to set this up.

Thanks Srini!  It was really nice to meet you guys there.

One topic I talked was about Rust support:
I asked whether there are any interests of Rust support for sound
subsystem.  As I worked on an early prototype with the help of AI, and
I'll show the material for discussion on ML.


Takashi