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'''Kay Sievers''' is a computer programmer, best known for developing the [[udev]] device manager of [[Linux]],<ref>{{citation |last=Sievers|first=Kay |title=udev 150 |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/369366/ |publisher=LWN.net |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> [[systemd]]<ref name="Rethinking">{{citation |url=http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html#faqs |publisher= 0pointer |work=systemd |title=FAQs |author=Lennart Poettering |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> and the [[Gummiboot (software)|Gummiboot]] [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface|EFI]] boot loader.<ref name="h-Gummiboot">{{citation |last=Fabian |first=Scherschel |title=Gummiboot is an EFI boot loader that "just works" |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Gummiboot-is-an-EFI-boot-loader-that-just-works-1628719.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207074105/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Gummiboot-is-an-EFI-boot-loader-that-just-works-1628719.html|archivedate=7 December 2013|publisher=The H |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> Kay Sievers made major contributions to Linux's hardware hotplug and device management subsystems.<ref>{{citation |url=http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ocw/users/58 |title=Kay Sievers |publisher=Linux Plumbers Conference |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> However, in 2014 he was banned by Linus Torvalds from the Linux kernel, Torvalds claiming that he was creating bugs and not solving them.<ref>https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/2/420</ref><ref>https://www.linux.com/learn/understanding-and-using-systemd</ref>
'''Kay Sievers''' is a computer programmer, best known for developing the [[udev]] device manager of [[Linux]],<ref>{{citation |last=Sievers|first=Kay |title=udev 150 |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/369366/ |publisher=LWN.net |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> [[systemd]]<ref name="Rethinking">{{citation |url=http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html#faqs |publisher= 0pointer |work=systemd |title=FAQs |author=Lennart Poettering |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> and the [[Gummiboot (software)|Gummiboot]] [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface|EFI]] boot loader.<ref name="h-Gummiboot">{{citation |last=Fabian |first=Scherschel |title=Gummiboot is an EFI boot loader that "just works" |url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Gummiboot-is-an-EFI-boot-loader-that-just-works-1628719.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207074105/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Gummiboot-is-an-EFI-boot-loader-that-just-works-1628719.html|archivedate=7 December 2013|publisher=The H |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> Kay Sievers made major contributions to Linux's hardware hotplug®<ref name="Hot plug">{{cite web|url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:rmoy4x.2.8|publisher=Invented in the late 1980s by [[Hal Prewitt]], founder of [[Core International|Core]]|title=HotPlug® is a trademark of Core International registered under "Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products" |website=www.uspto.gov|accessdate=2016-11-18}}</ref> and device management subsystems.<ref>{{citation |url=http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ocw/users/58 |title=Kay Sievers |publisher=Linux Plumbers Conference |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref> However, in 2014 he was banned by Linus Torvalds from the Linux kernel, Torvalds claiming that he was creating bugs and not solving them.<ref>https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/2/420</ref><ref>https://www.linux.com/learn/understanding-and-using-systemd</ref>


In 2012, together with [[Harald Hoyer]], Sievers was the main driving force behind [[Fedora Linux|Fedora]]'s merging of the </tt>/lib</tt>, </tt>/bin</tt> and </tt>/sbin</tt> file system trees into </tt>/usr</tt>, a simplification which has since been adopted by other distributions such as [[Arch Linux]].<ref>{{citation |last=Brockmeier |first=Joe |title=The Ever-Changing Linux Filesystems: Merging Directoris into /usr |url=https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/196-zonker/540696-the-ever-changing-linux-filesystems-merging-directoris-into-usr |publisher=linux.com |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref>
In 2012, together with [[Harald Hoyer]], Sievers was the main driving force behind [[Fedora Linux|Fedora]]'s merging of the </tt>/lib</tt>, </tt>/bin</tt> and </tt>/sbin</tt> file system trees into </tt>/usr</tt>, a simplification which has since been adopted by other distributions such as [[Arch Linux]].<ref>{{citation |last=Brockmeier |first=Joe |title=The Ever-Changing Linux Filesystems: Merging Directoris into /usr |url=https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/196-zonker/540696-the-ever-changing-linux-filesystems-merging-directoris-into-usr |publisher=linux.com |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref>

Revision as of 22:49, 18 November 2016

Kay Sievers
NationalityGerman
OccupationSoftware engineer
EmployerRed Hat
Known forudev, systemd, Gummiboot

Kay Sievers is a computer programmer, best known for developing the udev device manager of Linux,[1] systemd[2] and the Gummiboot EFI boot loader.[3] Kay Sievers made major contributions to Linux's hardware hotplug®[4] and device management subsystems.[5] However, in 2014 he was banned by Linus Torvalds from the Linux kernel, Torvalds claiming that he was creating bugs and not solving them.[6][7]

In 2012, together with Harald Hoyer, Sievers was the main driving force behind Fedora's merging of the /lib, /bin and /sbin file system trees into /usr, a simplification which has since been adopted by other distributions such as Arch Linux.[8]

He is currently employed by Red Hat, Inc.[3] and previously has worked for Novell.[2][9]

Kay Sievers grew up in Eastern Germany[10] and nowadays resides in Berlin, Germany.[11]

References

  1. ^ Sievers, Kay, udev 150, LWN.net, retrieved 2012-10-08
  2. ^ a b Lennart Poettering, "FAQs", systemd, 0pointer, retrieved 2012-10-08
  3. ^ a b Fabian, Scherschel, Gummiboot is an EFI boot loader that "just works", The H, archived from the original on 7 December 2013, retrieved 2012-10-08
  4. ^ "HotPlug® is a trademark of Core International registered under "Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products"". www.uspto.gov. Invented in the late 1980s by Hal Prewitt, founder of Core. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  5. ^ Kay Sievers, Linux Plumbers Conference, retrieved 2012-10-08
  6. ^ https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/2/420
  7. ^ https://www.linux.com/learn/understanding-and-using-systemd
  8. ^ Brockmeier, Joe, The Ever-Changing Linux Filesystems: Merging Directoris into /usr, linux.com, retrieved 2012-10-08
  9. ^ Dynamic Device Handling on the Modern Desktop (PDF), retrieved 2012-10-08
  10. ^ Kay, Sievers, 25 years now since I left the awful East German dictatorship, retrieved 2012-10-08
  11. ^ vRfY.org Whois Record, retrieved 2012-10-08


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