The linaro networking group currently is invloved in

Virtualization support with considerations for real-time performance, I/O optimization, robustness and heterogeneous operating environments on multi-core SoCs.

Real-time operations and the Linux kernel optimizations for the control and data plane

Packet processing optimizations that maximize performance and minimize latency in data flows through the network.

Dealing with legacy software and mixed-endian issues prevalent in the networking space

Power Management

Data Plane Programming API