Biographical sketches of authors

Ingo Adlung   IBM Server Group, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (adlung@de.ibm.com). Mr. Adlung graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Germany, with a degree in information technology. He joined IBM VSE/ESA development in 1990 and was involved in the development of Linux for zSeries from its very beginning, with responsibility for the I/O subsystem. Since 2000, he has been the Linux strategy and design leader for the IBM eServer zSeries platform.

Gerhard Banzhaf   IBM Server Group, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (banzhaf@de.ibm.com). Dr. Banzhaf received a Diploma (M.S.) in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Siegen (GHS). He joined IBM at the Boeblingen Development Laboratory, where he is concerned primarily with the development of I/O subsystems and microcode.

Wolfgang Eckert   IBM Server Group, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (weckert@de.ibm.com). Mr. Eckert received a Diploma (M.S.) in physics from the University of Hamburg. He is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and is now working on IBM eServer system design and hardware/software interfaces/architecture. He joined IBM in 1968.

George Kuch   IBM Server Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (gkuch@us.ibm.com). Mr. Kuch holds an M.S. degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University. He joined the IBM channel development effort for mainframe systems in 1980 and has been involved in all aspects of channel engineering including design, simulation, microcode development, tool development, test, and project management. Mr. Kuch is now part of the zSeries FCP channel microcode development team.

Stefan Mueller   IBM Server Group, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (stefan@de.ibm.com). Mr. Mueller studied computer science at the Berufsakademie Stuttgart, graduating in 1993. His studies were accompanied by practical training at IBM in Sindelfingen, Germany. In 1993 he joined the IBM Boeblingen Development Laboratory as an R&D engineer, participating in the development of zSeries internal disk subsystems. He now leads a development team for the zSeries FCP channel.

Christoph Raisch   IBM Server Group, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (raisch@de.ibm.com). Mr. Raisch received a Diploma (M.S.) in electrical engineering from the University of Stuttgart. In 1998 he joined IBM at the Boeblingen Development Laboratory, where he now works on microcode and development of I/O subsystems for Linux.