William Lee Irwin III, AKA "wli" on the #kernelnewbies IRC channel is one of the developers helping to implement a reverse mapping feature into the Linux kernel.

This week, KernelTrap has spoken with Linux kernel hacker Rik van Riel. Rik is perhaps most recognized for his impressive rmap VM efforts. He's also the founder of kernelnewbies. Living in Brazil, he works for Conectiva.

Kerneltrap has spoken with Linux kernel hacker, Andrew Morton. His contributions cover a wide range of kernel components, including ext3 on 2.4 and the low-latency patch. Currently he works for moxi.com.

Kerneltrap has spoken with Linux guru Alan Cox. He is perhaps the second most influential Linux kernel hacker, next only to Linus. In this interview he talks about himself, his history with computers and Linux, working for Red Hat, Marcello and the 2.4 kernel, the DMCA, the future of Linux and much more.

Dave Jones currently lives in London, employed by SuSE as a Linux kernel hacker. In the past six months since he graduated from the University of Glamorgan he has gotten involved in an impressive range of kernel related projects, including Powertweak, x86info, OProfile and the Kernel Janitors Project. Additionally, he maintains a -dj patch for the 2.5 development kernel, helping to sync it with the stable 2.4 kernel as well as offering increased stability.

This week KernelTrap spoke with John Levon, the author of OProfile and a contributer to KernelNewbies. He offers much insight into both of these projects, as well as reflecting on Linux in general. OProfile is a statistical x86 profiling system for the 2.4 Linux kernel. KernelNewbies is an excellent resource for people looking to understand the Linux kernel, comprised of a web page, an IRC channel, and a mailing list. Read on to learn much more about these projects...

KernelTrap interviewed Keith Owens, an experienced kernel hacker who has long contributed to the Linux kernel. His contributions include updating ksymoops and modutils, both of which he maintains. He also works on kbuild 2.5. Earlier, he built the original Integrated Kernel Debugging patch. He's also working on kdb and XFS.

This week KernelTrap interviewed Russell King, who originally ported Linux to ARM and continues to oversee ARM Linux development. Russell talks about ARM, the 2.4 kernel, the upcoming 2.5 kernel and much more...

This week KernelTrap interviewed Robert Love who currently maintains the preemptible kernel patch, among other things. He's been using Linux now for about 7 years, with numerous contributions in the current kernel. All of this is best described in his own words...