Ezequiel Garcia
Principal Software Engineer at www.kernel.org
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Top SchoolEzequiel Garcia is a Principal Software Engineer based in Rosario, Argentina, with over two decades of software experience and 14 years focused deeply on Linux kernel and embedded systems development. He is a prolific kernel hacker with 850+ contributions across ALSA, memory management, MTD, video4linux and ARM subsystems, and is the author/maintainer of multiple video capture drivers (stk1160, tw686x). His work spans commercial and consulting roles—founding an embedded Linux firm, long-term kernel stewardship at kernel.org, and principal engineering positions at Eagle Eye Networks, Collabora and Brivo—bridging product delivery with upstream open-source practices. He routinely fixes low-level driver bugs and adds features (e.g., rotary encoder and media driver improvements in rockchip kernels), demonstrating an unusual blend of hardware-aware debugging and clean upstreamable patches. Trained in physics and electronic engineering, Ezequiel combines rigorous analytical thinking with hands-on C and systems-level expertise to keep complex, real-time Linux systems reliable in production.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciado en Física Physics, Licenciado en Física Physics at Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (20)
buildroot10
c-programming10
linux-kernel10
kernel10
driver10
device-driver10
sys10
kernel-mode10
toolchain10
arm10
embedded10
mips10
flash9
u-boot9
v4l28
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
rockchip-linux/kernel
Dec 2015 - May 2021
BSP kernel source
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Ezequiel primarily contributed to the `rockchip-linux/kernel` repository by addressing issues and implementing improvements related to the kernel's input and media drivers. Their work included adding support for quarter-period mode in the rotary encoder driver and fixing return types for mem2mem buffer helpers in various media drivers. Additionally, the user corrected a requirement in `nand_scan` and made upstream updates for the DRM debug parameter description. These changes demonstrate a focus on driver development and maintenance within the Linux kernel environment.
kernelkernel-sourcelinuxlinux-kernelbsp
ezequielgarcia/stk1160-standalone
Jun 2012 - Jul 2013
stk1160 driver (aka easycap)
Contributions:53 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 1 month
driver
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