MINUTES OF TECHNICAL BOARD MEETING Date: Sep 2 2026 MEMBERS ATTENDING
Jerin (Chair) Bruce Thomas Stephen Maxime Konstantin Morten Brørup NOTE: The technical board meets every second Wednesday at https://meet.jit.si/DPDK at 3 pm UTC. Meetings are public, and DPDK community members are welcome to attend. # CRA INFORMATION - Nathan sent clearer CRA information to both boards, and Bruce confirmed it answered earlier questions. - Nathan contacted a Linux Foundation SME, who could not join. If clarification is still needed, Nathan will follow up by call or email. # NEXT-YEAR SUMMIT - Still tentative. Vienna is preferred, with Brussels as an alternative. - Thomas proposed a Belgium event alongside FOSDEM in late January or early February. Board members see benefits, but timing is very tight. - Fallback option is a May event in Vienna or Brussels. - Nathan will meet next week with Thomas, Ian, Tim, Ben, and the events team to assess feasibility. The events team is checking venues and costs for early February. - No decision yet. # HOST VULNERABILITY REPORTS - David and Maxime are nearly done and will notify reporters soon. - All known vulnerabilities are tracked in Bugzilla. Thomas will add Jerin to the CC list so he can close tickets for fixed vulnerabilities for cnxk drivers. # MEMIF MAINTAINER - The project needs a new maintainer. Ericsson has not followed up. - Stephen will contact the original maintainer and Ericsson. # QUORUM, VOTES, AND CLOSE - No votes were taken, since quorum was not established.

