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Jan 20

Announcing the new KernelCI Technical Steering Committee (TSC)

By Blog, Community

We are pleased to announce the composition of the new KernelCI Technical Steering Committee (TSC). The TSC plays a vital role in guiding the technical direction of the KernelCI project, ensuring its continued growth and effectiveness in supporting the Linux kernel community.

New TSC Composition

Following our annual election process and in accordance with our project charter, the TSC is now composed of the following members:

  • Ben Copeland, Linaro (TSC-voted member) – TSC Chair
  • Denys Fedoryshchenko, Collabora (Infrastructure Committee Lead – appointed position)
  • Greg KH, Linux Foundation (Community-elected)
  • Gustavo Padovan, Collabora (Community-elected)
  • Mark Brown, Arm (Community-elected)
  • Minas Hambardzumyan, Texas Instruments (TSC-voted member)
  • Yogesh Lal, Qualcomm (Community-elected)

The current term for community-elected and TSC-voted members runs until October 31, 2026. As specified in our charter, the Infrastructure Committee Lead position is appointed and follows different term rules.  Ben Copeland will serve as the TSC Chair.

About the TSC

The Technical Steering Committee is responsible for:

  • Making important technical decisions about the project’s direction
  • Discussing the general roadmap and design principles
  • Ensuring cohesion across the project
  • Participating in votes on critical matters
  • Contributing to the project through code, reviews, documentation, and community engagement

We maintain a policy that no more than two members from the same organization may serve on the TSC simultaneously, ensuring diverse representation across the community.

Looking Ahead

This diverse group brings together expertise from across the kernel testing ecosystem, representing major hardware vendors, infrastructure specialists, and kernel maintainers. Their combined experience will be invaluable as KernelCI continues to evolve its infrastructure and expand testing coverage.

The TSC meets bi-weekly to discuss current topics and make decisions. These meetings are an important part of how we coordinate the technical aspects of the project and ensure we’re meeting the needs of the Linux kernel community. The meetings are open and listed on our calendar.

We thank all TSC members for their service and commitment to improving kernel quality and stability through comprehensive testing.

Get Involved

If you’re interested in contributing to KernelCI or learning more about our work, visit:

To reach the TSC directly, you can contact kernelci-tsc@groups.io.

Nov 12

KernelCI Welcomes Arm and Qualcomm as Premier Members

By Blog, Community

KernelCI Welcomes Arm and Qualcomm as Premier Members

We are thrilled to announce that two industry leaders, Arm and Qualcomm, have joined KernelCI as Premier members. This marks a significant milestone in our mission to ensure the quality, stability, and long-term maintenance of the Linux kernel through comprehensive testing across the broadest possible range of hardware platforms.

Both companies bring extensive expertise and resources that will significantly strengthen KernelCI’s testing ecosystem. Arm’s deep understanding of processor architecture and their commitment to open-source development aligns perfectly with our goal of standardizing hardware testing across diverse platforms. Arm has been involved with the KernelCI community for many years already, so it is great to see they are taking a step up joining as Premier Members. Meanwhile, Qualcomm’s proven track record in mobile and emerging computing platforms, combined with their existing contributions as a test result submitter to our common results database, demonstrates their ongoing commitment to kernel quality and stability.

“Arm’s commitment to the Linux kernel community is rooted in the belief that open collaboration drives long-term innovation,” said Mark Hambleton, SVP Software at Arm. “Our role in KernelCI reflects the importance we place on scalable, transparent kernel validation across the broad ecosystem of Arm-based solutions, with the aim of improving software quality and accelerating upstream development from cloud to edge.”

“KernelCI is a cornerstone of upstream Linux kernel development, it enables open-source developers to easily validate and test on a large number of different platforms, including Qualcomm’s, ensuring consistency and quality across the entire ecosystem”, said Leendert van Doorn, Qualcomm SVP of Engineering. “It is a capability that is front and center for Qualcomm’s increasing reliance on upstream enablement.”

The addition of Arm and Qualcomm as Premier members comes at an exciting time for KernelCI. Our new infrastructure dramatically improved the possibilities of KernelCI and the ecosystem we are building around it. So KernelCI is well-positioned to leverage the expertise and resources these new Premier members bring. Their involvement will help us expand testing coverage, improve hardware validation processes, and ultimately deliver better Linux kernel quality to the entire open-source community. We look forward to collaborating with both organizations as we continue to grow KernelCI’s impact on upstream kernel development.