Packet, Qualcomm, & Mesos: A Window into the Development of the Armv8 Ecosystem
summary
Packet provides bare‑metal access to Qualcomm Centriq 2400 servers (Armv8 64‑bit, up to 48 cores) and automates provisioning with Terraform so developers can run real stacks. The team compiles kernels and libraries, upstreams kernel patches, and notes Docker’s multi‑arch support took about two years to land. A DC/OS cluster installs in ~20 minutes on Intel; DC/OS is not yet fully ported to Arm. WorkOnARM catalogs ports, runs CI, and meters NDA hardware to drive mainstream adoption.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:36Who am I
- 3:25Packet
- 5:46Why does it matter
- 7:40Performance improvements
- 8:38Other applications
- 10:09Other hardware
- 11:40Qualcomm and Packet
- 14:14Layer Cake
- 14:32Boot Firmware
- 18:21Software Accelerated
- 20:23Singleboard computers
- 21:10Demo Gods
- 24:42Decius
- 24:57Community Management
- 25:47What needs to be done
- 27:50Working upstream
- 29:47Call to action
- 33:13TPM
- 34:14Working on Arm
- 34:55Compilers
- 35:53FPGAs
- 36:53Verification
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