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Name: Val Henson
Member since: 2002-02-28 04:42:34
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Notes:

I've switched to, if not the dark side, at least the grey side. I'm working on the Solaris kernel for Sun Microsystems. It's pretty exciting, I hope to learn a lot about operating systems and continue working on Linux in my spare time.

I used to work on PowerPC Linux for Synergy Microsystems . I maintained the Gemini port, which runs on most of Synergy's embedded PowerPC boards.

In my spare time, I help out at LinuxChix , where I'm teaching Linux kernel development to women. See, I got tired of asking, "Are any other women working on the Linux kernel?" and hearing, "Well, Pauline Middlelink wrote the ipmasq code a few years back." So I decided to create some female kernel developers. It's going quite well, so far.

My pet project is currently the TCP/IP Drinking Game. If you know anything at all about network protocols, submit a question and your name will be immortalized forever (or as long as the TCP/IP Drinking Game is played).

Cool stuff I've done in the past: I wrote a Linux netapp - if "wrote" is the correct word. In the process, I fixed a bug in the 2.2.17 tranparent proxy code. That was really fun, mucking around in net/ipv4/. I write bits and pieces of Linux network drivers and I suspect I'll end up doing that forever. My very first kernel project was making Linux 2.1.130 use soft irqs on the Alpha. When I was done, it didn't crash, usually. Needless to say, I didn't submit the patches. Oh yeah, and I fixed a bug in one of the xscreensaver hacks, xjack. I found it while I was converting it to print "All work and no play makes Val a dull girl," but I didn't submit that part of the patch.

Looking for a mentor?

If you're female, interested in computing, and looking for a mentor , you may want to contact me (see my webpage). Maybe I won't end up mentoring you after all, but I can at least put you in contact with other women interested in mentoring. If you're interested in working on the Linux kernel, please contact me.

Projects

Developer on Linux
Lead Developer on LinuxChix

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