Speaker - Jeremy Kerr

Jeremy Kerr is a freelance Linux and open source systems developer, working on the kernel, drivers, firmware and plumbing that (metaphorically) make systems tick. He's also worked on a few clock drivers, which (literally) make them tick too. Jeremy is the technical lead of Code Construct, a small consultancy developing in the open source and embedded-systems area. Previously, he has worked for IBM's Linux technology center on their POWER platforms, most notably on the Summit, Sierra and Roadrunner supercomputer systems. In addition to server platform development, Jeremy has contributed to a range of other open source projects, including petitboot (a Linux-based bootloader), K42 (a research operating system), patchwork (a web-based patch-tracking system) and nfsim (the netfilter simulation environment). Jeremy's favourite piece of software is only eight instructions long, and only works on an ISA that no longer exists. Ask him about it for a disproportionately verbose explanation of what it does.