Greg Kroah-Hartman
Greg Kroah-Hartman has been building the Linux kernel since 1996 and started
writing Linux kernel drivers in 1999. He is currently the maintainer of the USB,
PCI,driver core,and sysfs subsystems in the kernel source tree and is also one half of the -stable kernel release team. He created the udev program and maintains the Linux hotplug userspace project. He is a Gentoo Linux developer as well as the coauthor of the third edition of Linux Device Drivers (O'Reilly) and a contributing editor to Linux Journal. He also created and maintains the Linux Device Driver Kit. He currently works for SUSE Labs/Novell,doing various Linux kernelrelated tasks.
Greg Kroah-Hartman has been writing Linux kernel drivers since 1999 and is currently the maintainer for the USB, PCI, I2C, driver core, and sysfs kernel subsystems. He is also the maintainer of the udev and hotplug userspace programs, as well as a Gentoo kernel maintainer, ensuring that his inbox is never empty. He is a contributing editor to Linux Journal magazine.
本书封面的动物是杯状珊瑚(cup coral又称作Balanophyllia elegans),它们大部分生长在岩石的背光面。杯状珊瑚分布地很广,从加拿大的大不列颠哥伦比亚州到墨西哥的巴哈加利福尼亚地区都有它的踪影。杯状珊瑚身体的大部分呈橙色,而其从石化的骨骼堆中伸出的触手呈淡橙色。
杯状珊瑚的触手拥有被称作旋胞的毒刺簇,它们就用旋胞捕食从身边游过的浮游生物。一旦浮游生物被抓住,杯状珊瑚会用它的触手将食物拖进自己的胃里。同时,杯状珊瑚也用这些触手将自己固定在岩石上。
本书封面的图片出自《Riverside Natural History》。