Problem reports for virtualization@FreeBSD.org that need special attention

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To view an individual PR, use:
  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=(Bug Id).

The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users,
which need special attention. These represent problem reports covering
all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases.

Status  |Bug Id | Description
+---+---
Open|264253 | hyperv: ifconfig media autoselect on FreeBSD 13.0 
Open|264267 | UEFI Booting on Azure Generation 2 VMs crashes

2 problems total for which you should take action.

[Bug 264253] hyperv: ifconfig media autoselect on FreeBSD 13.0 displays error: ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Operation not supported

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=264253

Mark Peek  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 Status|Open|Closed
 Resolution|--- |FIXED

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VHPC'24 - 19th Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing Workshop - Call for Papers

[Remo Andreoli]

VHPC'24: August 26th-27th, Madrid, Spain, co-located with 
Euro-Par 2024. Papers due: May 6th.


The Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing 
(VHPC) aims to bring together researchers and industrial 
practitioners facing the challenges posed by virtualization in HPC/Cloud 
scenarios in order to foster discussion, collaboration, mutual exchange of 
knowledge and experience, enabling research to ultimately provide novel 
solutions for virtualized computing systems. The workshop features paper 
presentations, discussion sessions, and lightning talks. Accepted papers will 
be published in a Springer LNCS volume (indexed by Scopus and others).

Focus Topics

This year, we are calling the timely topic of virtualization in support of 
high-memory LLM training workloads including, but not limited to:

  *   GPU hypervisor memory virtualization: Techniques for virtualizing GPU 
memory to allow flexible and efficient allocation across multiple workloads, 
enabling higher utilization of GPU resources
  *   Flat CPU/GPU memory page tables/TLB: Unified virtual memory spaces and 
page table structures that allow both GPUs to address CPU memory mapped to 
accelerator global memory space
  *   Storage/filesystem to virtual memory mapped approaches
  *   Distributed memory virtualization
  *   Memory compression and reduction techniques: approaches for compressing 
model parameters, activations, and gradients to reduce memory requirements 
during training
  *   Out-of-core training algorithms
  *   Efficient memory allocation and management: Techniques for optimizing 
memory allocation, reducing fragmentation, and improving memory utilization 
during training
  *   Memory-efficient data formats and processing: Data formats and processing 
techniques that minimize memory overhead while maintaining training efficiency
  *   Benchmarking and profiling tools: Tools and methodologies for measuring, 
analyzing, and optimizing memory usage in LLM training workloads
  *   Case studies and applications: Real-world examples and applications of 
virtualization techniques in LLM training scenarios

In addition to regular topics:

  *   Container Platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, Nitro/Firecracker, Singularity, 
Shifter, rkt, …) and Unikernel Frameworks
  *   Composable Lightweight Application Components and Lambda / 
Function-as-a-Service Paradigms
  *   Latency Control, Warm/Cold-start issues and Data/Container Placement in 
Heterogeneous HPC Virtualized Environments
  *   Energy-efficiency and Service Orchestration in Virtualized Cloud & HPC 
Infrastructures

The call for papers is also available in PDF 
Format. The workshop will be composed of 
20 min paper presentations, each followed by 10 min discussion sessions, plus 
lightning talks that are limited to 5 minutes. Presentations may be accompanied 
by interactive demonstrations. For more information and detailed paper 
submission instructions, refer to the VHPC'24 webpage.
Important Dates (AoE)

  *   May 6th, 2024: Paper submission deadline (Springer LNCS)
  *   Jun 20th, 2024: Acceptance notification
  *   Jul 1st, 2024: Camera-ready version due
  *   Aug 26th-27th, 2024: Workshop Day

General Chairs

  *   Michael Alexander, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
  *   Anastassios Nanos, Nubificus Ltd., UK
  *   Tommaso Cucinotta, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Publicity Chairs

  *   Remo Andreoli, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

General Information

The workshop will be held in conjuction with the International European 
Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 
2024), on Aug 26th-27th, 2024, in Madrid, Spain.


The VHPC co-chairs