User:Tim Bird

Tim Bird is a Linux developer working for Sony Mobile Communications - a part of Sony Corporation.

Tim is Chair of the Architecture Group of the CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation (formerly the CE Linux Forum). In the past, Tim worked at Lineo, Caldera, and Novell.

Current contact information
You can contact Tim at the following address, which has been made spam-resistant:


 * e-mail: tim (dot) bird (at) sonymobile (dot) com.

Bookmarks for things I'm working on in this wiki
This list is roughly in chronological order (most recent at top)
 * Drone Demo 2015 - Notes on a possible drone demo for ELC 2015
 * Kernel Size Reduction Work - renewed effort to minimize the Linux kernel size
 * Internet of Things Notes - resources on IOT
 * Kernel Mainlining - resources to help companies overcome obstacles to getting their developers involved in upstreaming kernel patches
 * Embedded linux status - list of things for embedded linux status reports (which I do frequently)
 * Best of Embedded Linux - list of smallest, fastest, etc. embedded products using Linux
 * NFC driver notes - some notes about NFC drivers, chipsets, technologies, etc.
 * Used for determining if shared work can be done on the NXP PN544 driver in the Linux kernel
 * Kernel 3.4 to 3.10 porting guide - tips for porting items from version 3.4 to 3.10 of the Linux kernel
 * System Size Auto-Reduction - presentation for LCJ 2013 - wrapping up my auto-reduce work
 * Crash handler - A crash handler implementation for ARM embedded Linux
 * Tim's Tips and Tricks - Miscelaneous development tips gleaned over the years
 * Android Boot-time Readahead - Some research on using the Linux read-ahead system call to decrease Android cold boot time
 * Ftrace - with my knowledge of ftrace, this page really needs a fixup
 * elinux issues - list of things that need fixing
 * Embedded Wiki wanted features
 * Kernel Timer Systems - needs a major overhaul to bring it up to date
 * Reasons to participate in open source - my own thoughts on open source contributions
 * Beginning Programming - some links to resources for beginning programmers

Pages needing LOTS of HELP!!
Here are some high priority candidates for work...
 * Android Kernel Build

Samples and help

 * See Table Examples

Areas of interest
Here are some things Tim is interested in on this site:
 * Other wikis - a list of other wikis to examine the design of
 * Good article on US case law related to closed-source kernel modules


 * MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook

Things I want to add to the wiki
Tim's patch management tools
 * diffinfo, qdiff, reisolate - see Diff And Patch Tricks, Source Management Tools, and
 * review each portal page and try to hook up material I know is orphaned

News
Free software encircles embedded design Warren Web, EDN 8/7/2008

Videos, Articles, Presentations of, by or about me

 * http://youtu.be/gab6EMyUMQM - JJ48, May 2014 - Paradox of Open Source and Embedded
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cLPD8CZuOk - ELC Europe 2013, November, 2014 - Status of Embedded Linux presentation
 * http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1654 - JLS 2009 - Status of Embedded Linux presentation
 * http://www.vimeo.com/8042326 - Measuring Function Duration with Ftrace