Hauke Mehrtens
Senior Software Engineer at Tesla
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolHauke Mehrtens is a senior embedded software engineer based in Berlin with 25 years of experience, currently at Tesla and a long-time OpenWrt core developer. He specializes in Linux kernel driver development, board and chip bring-ups, and BSP integration (U-Boot, device tree, Yocto/OpenWrt), and has contributed over 450 patches to the mainline Linux kernel for MIPS and ARM network SoCs. His open-source work ranges from backporting tricky glibc compatibility fixes across OpenWrt packages to adding a CBOR dissector to Wireshark, reflecting both deep build-system know-how and protocol analysis skills. Hauke bridges pre- and post-silicon verification, kernel and user-space components, and pragmatic upstreaming of SoC/board support, making him adept at resolving issues that span hardware, firmware, and tooling.
25 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Universität Bremen
German, English
Github Skills (61)
kernelmode10
gnu-make10
package-management10
computer-architecture10
patch10
architecture10
firmware10
feed10
build-system10
c-programming10
c1110
linux-kernel10
makefile10
networking10
c1710
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openwrt/packages
Jul 2014 - Dec 2022
Community maintained packages for OpenWrt. Documentation for submitting pull requests is in CONTRIBUTING.md
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Engineer
Back-end Developer & System EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 121 commits, 104 PRs in 8 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Hauke primarily contributes to the OpenWrt package repository by adding, updating, and fixing packages. The user's work involves integrating third-party software like tor and bluez, as well as addressing build issues and dependencies. Contributions include adding new packages, updating to newer versions, patching build systems for compatibility with musl, and fixing build issues to ensure smooth operation on different kernel versions.
pull-requestsopenwrtstudio
coolsnowwolf/lede
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Lean's LEDE source
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Hauke primarily focused on patching and updating the `lede` source code, specifically addressing networking and firmware-related issues. They backported patches from other kernel versions to enhance network device behavior, particularly relating to DSA master interfaces. Furthermore, the user was involved in updating firmware packages for various RealTek and Intel wireless devices, along with updates to other tools within the project.
luaopenwrt-feedopenwrt-zh-cnopenwrt-packagelean
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