LinuxCon North America/CloudOpen North America

Systems from handhelds through the server room are increasingly designed to run up against power limits.  Hitting a power limit is no longer an "exception", it is the new "normal".  For Linux to thrive on these systems, it must gracefully handle power limits. Here we summarize newly emerging techniques for Linux to manage power limits, hardware features, Linux drivers, user/kernel interfaces, and user policy management.  Pieces of the solution will be released by LPC, and other parts still in development.

No background in this area will be needed for interested attendees to understand this talk.  However, a background in power and policy will be ideal for contribution to the discussion.