Zusammenfassung
The current Linux 2.5 development series incorporates various new features, and reworks many of the fundamental algorithms used by the kernel. In addition the development process has changed drastically after Linus Torvalds and other well-known kernel hackers started using the BitKeeper(TM) version managment system instead of the old-style patch-only releases.
This talk will try to explain the new features to developers and technically skilled users, giving them a feeling for the changes they can expect and hopefully encourages them to try out the development kernels to speed up the release process.
ﾜber den Autor
Christoph Hellwig has been working with Linux since about 1995, dealing with kernel-related issues much of the time. He has been invloved in many Open Source projects, ranging from small fixes to major contributions. He is in the top-ten list of commits to both the Linux 2.4 and Linux 2.5 tree according to the Bitkeeper statistics (which he hasn't faked himself but still should be taken with care).
After a number of smaller network administration and programming contracts he worked for Caldera's German development subsidiary on various kernel and userlevel aspects of the OpenLinux distribution. Last year he joined the fileystem and storage group at SGI and is focussing on XFS for Linux now.
