Jean Pihet
Linux Kernel Developer at NewOldBits.com
Vaulx-lez-Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolJean Pihet is a seasoned Linux kernel developer with 15+ years of experience in mainlining, power management, and low-level firmware across a wide range of architectures (ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, m68k and more). He has deep expertise in profiling tools (perf, oprofile, ftrace), build systems (Buildroot, Yocto), board bring-up and custom device drivers including ALSA, and has worked with companies from Motorola and TI to MontaVista and his own NewOldBits. Jean combines software and hardware skills—schematics review, board debug and rework, firmware and bootloader bring-up—making him effective at taking products from hardware design to stable kernel support. He has contributed to the mainline kernel and collaborated on Linux training and development with Free Electrons, and even worked on firmware for Google Project Ara. Based in Belgium, he also manages VinGauge.com, reflecting an entrepreneurial streak alongside deep open-source engineering.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Civil Engineer, Civil Engineer at Université catholique de LouvainCivil Engineer, Civil Engineer at University of Louvain-La-Neuve (UCL)Sainte Marie - Mousrcon
Dutch, English, German, French
Github Skills (13)
ara9
asic8
moto8
nuttx4
otter2
linux-kernel2
kernel2
amazon1
arm1
linux1
kindle1
beagleboard1
android1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
projectara/nuttx
Nov 2014 - Apr 2016
Contributions:294 commits, 29 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 5 months
asicbridgearanuttxboard
jpihet/nuttx
Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:21 pushes, 12 branches, 5 comments in 7 months
asicbridgearanuttxboard
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