Hello Norman, Hello Genodians, right before Christmas Eve it's about time to share my personal view of 2023 and sketches for 2024.
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 16:57:48 CET, Norman Feske wrote: > Reflections of 2023 Smirkingly, I have to consent Norman's list of 2023 highlights :-) I was personally involved in many low-level developments, some of them on winding paths (e.g., the not yet finished renovation of our USB infrastructure). This meant a lot of testing, learning, discussions, and amending decisions that did not quite fit the requirements. I'd like to thank all members of the team for the fruitful collaboration and the patience that must have been required to explain intentions or refactor code yet another time. > Plans for 2024 Theming the year 2024 with "Sculpt OS usability" sounds great to me, because usability is essential to gain foothold in the "rocking territory". But unlike Norman's, my perspective still remains from the low-level up. As Michael (RockChip USB) and Pirmin (IGC NIC, multi-monitor) noted in their postings, our already good platform and device support can get even better, which will support usability improvements indirectly. In concrete, I'd draft the following four ambitions. * In a supporting role, I'd be glad to advance the full integration of the kernel-agnostic IOMMU support and base-hw virtualization. Both projects are stepping stones to a Sculpt PC variant on base-hw. * I myself plan to push forward our PC platform discovery and ACPI support to a future-proof solution for a broad range of recent Intel-based devices. This is a prerequisite for clean integration of platform gadgets like Intel GPIO, I2C human interface devices. * Also, I'm ready to do my share for consistent multi-monitor support in our GUI stack from the ground up. * Last, I look forward to the full integration of the diversity of touch-based devices like touchpads, graphic tablets, and touch screens into our input-event stack. > How and where would you like to see Genode at the end of 2024? It would be great to conquer more devices of more people next year. Regards and Happy Christmas Christian -- Christian Helmuth Genode Labs https://www.genode-labs.com/ · https://genode.org/ https://floss.social/@genode · https://genodians.org/ Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth _______________________________________________ Genode users mailing list users@lists.genode.org https://lists.genode.org/listinfo/users
