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I got a Macbook Pro. I was wondering if I can do kernel development on it since I recently learned that modern small computers are fast enough to be used for frequent kernel builds. I also heard a few of my previous colleague kernel developers use their Macbook for kernel builds. Unfortunately I cannot install Linux kernel on the laptop at the moment, though. I hence created a Debian13 VM on it using UTM and ran the kernel compile benchmark....

A few weeks ago I heard modern normal computers can build kernel faster than I expected. My 10 years old personal laptop (Thinkpad X1) used to build a kernel per a couple of hours. The last time I built kernel on the laptop was about 8 years ago. Since then, I was always using only workstation or server level machines for building kernels. So I wanted to know how good modern normal desktop-level machines are, by myself....

DAMON talk for Kernel Recipes 2025 has been scheduled. The title of the talk is “Overcoming Observer Effects in Memory Management with DAMON”. It will introduce DAMON at whole for wider audience.

DAMON talk for OSSummit North America 2025 has been accepted and scheduled. The title of the talk is “Self-Driving DAMON/S: Controlled and Automated Access-aware Efficient Systems”. It will present DAMON’s two auto-tuning features for access monitoring and access-aware system operations.

I will present and discuss about the current status and future plans of DAMON, and any requirements to DAMON for more access-aware memory management kernel subsystem of future in Linux Storage/File System/Memory Management/BPF (LSFMM+BPF) 2025. The title of the talks are “DAMON Updates and Plans: Monitoring Parameters Auot-tuning and Memory Tiering” and “DAMON Requirements for Access-aware MM of Future”, respectively. Detailed schedules can be found from the below Google doc spreadsheet....