Koen Vandeputte
Software Developer at OpenWrt
Oostkamp, West Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolKoen Vandeputte is a seasoned software developer with a decade of experience specializing in embedded Linux, networking and kernel-level work, based in Oostkamp, Belgium. He has been contributing to and maintaining core OpenWrt/LEDE platforms—implementing MHI/PCI drivers, WWAN/MBIM support and Atheros networking fixes—demonstrating deep hardware-to-kernel expertise. At OpenWrt he focuses on kernel updates and platform maintenance, while at nCentric he architected extended mesh firmware stacks for offshore products, blending low-level driver work with system design. His background in industrial TV production and repair gives him practical hardware troubleshooting instincts that inform robust driver and boot-time fixes. Active in well-known community projects like OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt, he brings a pragmatic open-source mindset to solving real-world networking and embedded challenges.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
A2 - High school, Electrotechnics, A2 - High school, Electrotechnics at VTI Brugge
Dutch, English
Github Skills (30)
debug10
computer-architecture10
architecture10
spf10
net10
feed10
c-programming10
spi10
linux-kernel10
ethernet-ip10
networking10
ethernet10
kernel10
flash10
openwrt10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
openwrt/openwrt
Mar 2018 - Jun 2024
This repository is a mirror of https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git It is for reference only and is not active for check-ins. We will continue to accept Pull Requests here. They will be merged via staging trees then into openwrt.git.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 40 PRs, 272 comments in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:The user, Koen Vandeputte, primarily contributed to the improvement and maintenance of the Atheros network driver, specifically within the context of a large codebase project. Their work encompassed bug fixes, addressing compile errors, and adapting existing code to support new features and hardware, such as the Gigadevice GD25D05 SPI NOR chip. The contributions involved a mix of low-level system code and kernel interface adjustments, improving robustness and stability, particularly for devices such as MikroTik routers. They also addressed and corrected memory errors, and contributed to the porting of various drivers.
mergedopenwrtinspull-requestsstaging
immortalwrt/immortalwrt
Feb 2020 - Aug 2022
An opensource OpenWrt variant for mainland China users.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Kernel Engineer
Back-end Developer & Kernel EngineerContributions:33 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Koen primarily contributed to the development of the low-level kernel of the ImmortalWrt operating system. Their contributions focused on bug fixing and performance optimization of the Atheros AG71xx ethernet driver, along with device-specific configuration and initialization. They also worked on adding support for various SPI NOR flash chips, and various fixes to issues with kernel boot args. They backported fixes for critical networking vulnerabilities.
chinaopenwrtmainland-china
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