Call for agenda for Workstation WG meeting 2015-Aug-05

[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 11:35:40AM -0400, Bastien Nocera wrote:
>> > > It's important for workstation, because:
>> > > - we can deploy the same applications we do on workstation
>> > Can you expand on that point?
>> It's a useful form factor to create kiosk type applications, at least, and
>
> I don't see kiosks as a target in
> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Workstation_PRD#Target_Audience>
> (nor do I think it should be).
>
>
>> because it's a SoC, it's a sign of things to come, in terms of
>> hardware, for the whole of the x86 platform:
>> - MMC/SDIO connected devices
>> - GPIO connected devices
>> - MIPI webcams
>
> But surely these 32-bit tablets aren't the only good place where these
> things can be worked on?

To clarify, Bastien is talking about tablets that have 64-bit CPUs and
64-bit kernels, but 32-bit UEFI firmware.  Not i686 tablets.  Which is
actually pretty terrible in its own right, but still distinct from a
32-bit tablet.

josh