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2010-03-10 12:00
Parallel real-time on multi-core systems with mainline Linux
Several tasks simultaneously running at real-time priority no longer interfere to each other!
2010-02-22 12:00
"Latest Stable" Linux mainline real-time 2.6.31 is out!
Kernel 2.6.31.12-rt21 is our latest and greatest
2010-02-21 12:00
OSADL at the Embedded World 2010
Industry needs Open Source - Open Source meets Industry
2010-02-09 12:00
Spinlock annotations merged from the realtime tree to Linux mainline in 2.6.33
Raw spinlocks are the "real" spinlocks now
2010-02-08 12:00
Prof Eben Moglen on "GNU GPL Version 3: The Law Making Process"
International Conference on Commons, Users, Service Providers Internet (Self-)Regulation and Copyright
2009-11-23 12:00
Added a new HOWTO to the OSADL Website: Use BuildRoot to create a Linux image for QEMU
Guest Editor Bogdan Cristea tells us about rapid prototyping of an embedded system using virtualization |
Greg Kroah-Hartman
- Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linux kernel developer, Novell
Greg Kroah-Hartman is the current maintainer of a number of Linux kernel subsystems such as PCI, USB, driver core, etc. He is also the maintainer of the Linux hotplug project and creator of a project that facilitates the naming of devices in a Linux system (udev). Additionally, he helps to maintain several Linux distributions with respect to the subsystems and projects he is maintaining.
He is the author and co-author of books on Linux drivers and kernel development and used to be a contributing editor for Linux Journal. He also contributes articles to LWN.net.
In January 2007, Greg Kroah-Hartman started the Linux driver project. This project has the ambitious goal to write drivers for all types of hardware, for free, for any company that wishes to have them. So far they are succeeding at this task, with many companies already taking advantage of it. Greg is currently working full time on this Linux Driver project with the blessing of his employer Novell, where he holds the position of Fellow.
"Open Source meets Industry"
An international congress on Open Source software in the machine and automation industry was held in Hannover, Germany, on April 22, 2008. More information is available here.