Computing Seminar

New Features of Linux Kernel 2.6 for High End Computing

Jes Sorensen, Wild Open Source Inc

Abstract

The current stable v2.4 Linux kernel is ageing and the upcoming stable v2.6 release is expected to be released later this year.

This talk will give an overview of the changes for high-end / data centre computing features that have been developed for, and integrated into, the current v2.5.x developers kernel series and which will be available in the upcoming v2.6 kernel.

About the speaker: Jes Sorensen has been working on the Linux kernel since 1993, during which he was the maintainer of Linux/m68k for several years. He has worked in a large number of areas in and around the Linux kernel; including high speed networking, Linux/ia64 and other ports, has written more device drivers than he can remember as well as working on the system libraries (glibc) for Linux/ia64. Jes works as a consultant for Wild Open Source Inc. (http://www.wildopensource.com/) providing Linux development and design services. Prior to this Jes worked for Linuxcare as a member of their Research Group and prior to that he worked at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (http://www.cern.ch/).