Re: TOF elections for 2026H1

[Andrew Jeffery <andrew@codeconstruct.com.au>]

On Wed, 2026-03-18 at 16:11 -0400, Patrick Williams wrote:
> With this being the most nominated-for election in TOF history, I would
> strongly encourage candidates to reply to this email with a [brief]
> campaign: who are you, what work have you done for the community, why do
> you want to be on the TOF, etc.

Hi,

I'm Andrew, and I've nominated myself for another term on the TOF.

I'm interested in maintaining a seat there to provide input from the
perspective of the bootloader and kernel layers. I maintain the
project's Linux and U-Boot forks. An important portion of that work
boils down to ensuring contributors follow sustainable practices.
Sustainable contribution practices require early work upstream, with
all the technical and social expectations that entails. 

In the case of Linux I'm the upstream maintainer of the BMC tree. The
BMC tree looks after BMC-related devicetrees as well as SoC-specific
drivers and build infrastructure. I tend to review a lot of ASPEED-
related patches.

I also maintain some elements of OpenBMC's communication plumbing.
Specifically:

 * libpldm, a broadly applicable implementation of the various and
   related PLDM specifications from the DMTF, and
 * mctpreactor, a nexus daemon sitting between entity-manager and mctpd
   for configuring MCTP networks in OpenBMC

I maintain other bits and pieces in the project as well, but those
listed above are the most significant.

I use my experience in these areas to provide input on queries raised
to the TOF. So far I feel I've helped influence decisions in helpful
directions, and I'd like to continue to do so with your vote.

Thanks,

Andrew