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2012-05-19 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
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alphabetical list of contributors and their contributions.
2012-05-21 Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
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@c %MENU% Who wrote what parts of the GNU C Library
@appendix Contributors to @theglibc{}
@Theglibc{} was written originally by Roland McGrath, and is
currently maintained by Ulrich Drepper. Some parts of the library were
contributed or worked on by other people.
@Theglibc{} project would like to thank its many contributors.
Without them the project would not have been nearly as successful as
it has been. Any omissions in this list are accidental. Feel free to
file a bug in bugzilla if you have been left out or some of your
contributions are not listed. Please keep this list in alphabetical
order.
@itemize @bullet
@item
The @code{getopt} function and related code was written by
Richard Stallman, @w{David J.} MacKenzie, and @w{Roland McGrath}.
@item
The merge sort function @code{qsort} was written by Michael J. Haertel.
Ryan S. Arnold for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC.
@item
The quick sort function used as a fallback by @code{qsort} was written
by Douglas C. Schmidt.
Miles Bader for writing the @code{argp} argument-parsing package, and the
@code{argz}/@code{envz} interfaces.
@item
The memory allocation functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and
@code{free} and related code were written by Michael J. Haertel,
@w{Wolfram Gloger}, and @w{Doug Lea}.
Jeff Bailey for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture.
@item
Fast implementations of many of the string functions (@code{memcpy},
@code{strlen}, etc.) were written by Torbj@"orn Granlund.
Petr Baudis for bug fixes and testing.
@item
The @file{tar.h} header file was written by David J. MacKenzie.
Stephen R. van den Berg for contributing a highly-optimized
@code{strstr} function.
@item
The port to the MIPS DECStation running Ultrix 4
(@code{mips-dec-ultrix4})
was contributed by Brendan Kehoe and Ian Lance Taylor.
Eric Blake for adding O(n) implementations of @code{memmem},
@code{strstr} and @code{strcasestr}.
@item
The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were
contributed by Michael Glad.
Philip Blundell for the ports to Linux/ARM
(@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM standalone
(@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as for parts of the IPv6
support code.
@item
The @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} functions were contributed by Ulrich Drepper.
Per Bothner for the implementation of the @code{libio} library which
is used to implement @code{stdio} functions.
@item
The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by
Tom Quinn.
Mark Brown for his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering
committee.
@item
The @code{mktime} function was contributed by Paul Eggert.
Thomas Bushnell for his contributions to Hurd.
@item
The port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix version 3
(@code{i386-sequent-bsd}) was contributed by Jason Merrill.
Liubov Dmitrieva for optimzed string functions on x86-64 and x86.
@item
Ulrich Drepper for his many contributions in almost all parts of
@theglibc{}, including:
@itemize @bullet
@item internationalization support, including the @code{locale} and
@code{localedef} utilities.
@item Linux i386/ELF support
@item the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48} families of functions,
reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the @code{random}
family; System V shared memory and IPC support code
@item several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86
processors
@item many math functions
@item the character conversion functions (@code{iconv})
@item the @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} functions
@item the floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends
and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf},
@code{strtod} and friends
@item the @code{catgets} support and the entire suite of multi-byte
and wide-character support functions (@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.).
@item versioning of objects on the symbol level
@end itemize
@item
Paul Eggert for the @code{mktime} function and for his direction as
part of @theglibc{} steering committee.
@item
Mike Frysinger for his maintaining of the IA64 architecture and for
testing and bug fixing.
@item
Michael Glad for the DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related
functions.
@item
Wolfram Gloger for contributing the memory allocation functions
functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related
code.
@item
Torbj@"orn Granlund for fast implementations of many of the string
functions (@code{memcpy}, @code{strlen}, etc.).
@item
Michael J. Haertel for writing the merge sort function @code{qsort}
and malloc checking functions like @code{mcheck}.
@item
Bruno Haible for his improvements to the @code{iconv} and locale
implementations.
@item
Richard Henderson for the port to Linux on Alpha
(@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
Daniel Jacobowitz for various fixes and enhancements.
@item
Andreas Jaeger for the port to Linux on x86-64
(@code{x86_64-@var{anything}-linux} and his work on Linux for MIPS
(@code{mips-@var{anything}-linux}), implementing the @file{ldconfig}
program, providing a test suite for the math library and for his
direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee.
@item
Aurelien Jarno for various fixes.
@item
Jakub Jelinek for implementing a number of checking functions and for
his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee.
@item
Geoffrey Keating for the port to Linux on PowerPC
(@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
Brendan Kehoe for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation running
Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}) and the port to the DEC Alpha
running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}).
@item
Mark Kettenis for implementing the @code{utmpx} interface and an utmp
daemon, and for a Hesiod NSS module.
@item
Kazumoto Kojima for the port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS
architecture (@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) and for his work on the
SH architecture.
@item
Andreas Krebbel for his work on Linux for s390 and s390x.
@item
Thorsten Kukuk for providing an implementation for NIS (YP) and NIS+,
securelevel 0, 1 and 2 and for the implementation for a caching daemon
for NSS (@file{nscd}).
@item
Jeff Law for various fixes.
@item
Doug Lea for contributing the memory allocation functions
functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related
code.
@item
Hongjiu Lu for providing the support for a Linux 32-bit runtime
environment under x86-64 (x32), for porting to Linux on IA64, for
improved string functions and many bug fixes.
@item
Luis Machado for optimized functions on PowerPC.
@item
David J. MacKenzie for his contribution to the @code{getopt}
function and writing the @file{tar.h} header.
@item
Greg McGary for adding runtime support for bounds checking.
@item
Roland McGrath for writing most of @theglibc{} originally, for his
work on the Hurd port, his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering
committee, and for many bug fixes and reviewing of contributions.
@item
Jason Merrill for the port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix
version 3 (@code{i386-sequent-bsd}).
@item
Chris Metcalf for the port to Linux/Tile
(@code{tilegx-@var{anything}-linux} and
@code{tilepro-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
David Miller for contributing the port to Linux/Sparc
(@code{sparc*-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
Alan Modra for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC.
@item
David Mosberger-Tang for contributing the port to Linux/Alpha
(@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
Stephen Moshier for implementing some 128-bit long double format math
functions.
@item
Stephen Munroe for his port to Linux on PowerPC64
(@code{powerpc64-@var{anything}-linux}) and for adding optimized
implementations for PowerPC.
@item
Joseph S. Myers for numerous bug fixes for the libm functions and for
his maintainership of the ARM and MIPS architectures.
@item
Carlos O'Donell for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture and
maintaining @theglibc{} web pages.
@item
Alexandra Oliva for adding TLS descriptors for LD and GD on x86 and
x86-64.
@item
Paul Pluzhnikov for various fixes.
@item
Marek Polacek for various fixes.
@item
Siddhesh Poyarekar for various fixes.
@item
Pravin Satpute for writing sorting rules for some Indian languages.
@item
Martin Schwidefsky for porting to Linux on s390
(@code{s390-@var{anything}-linux}) and s390x
(@code{s390x-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
Carlos Eduardo Seo for optimized functions on PowerPC.
@item
Franz Sirl for various fixes.
@item
Jes Sorensen for porting to Linux on IA64 (@code{ia64-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
Richard Stallman for his contribution to the @code{getopt} function.
@item
Douglas C. Schmidt for writing the quick sort function used as a
fallback by @code{qsort}.
@item
Andreas Schwab for the port to Linux/m68k
(@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) and for his direction as part of
@theglibc{} steering committee.
@item
Thomas Schwinge for his contribution to Hurd and the SH architecture.
@item
Alfred M. Szmidt for various fixes.
@item
Ian Lance Taylor for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation
running Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}).
@item
Tom Quinn for contributing the startup code to support SunOS shared
libraries and the port to SGI machines running Irix 4
(@code{mips-sgi-irix4}).
@item
Tim Waugh for the implementation of the POSIX.2 @code{wordexp}
function family.
@item
Eric Youngdale for implementing versioning of objects on the symbol level.
@item
Adhemerval Zanella for optimized functions on PowerPC.
@end itemize
Some code in @theglibc{} comes from other projects and might be under
a different license:
@itemize @bullet
@item
The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone
package by Arthur David Olson and his many contributors.
@item
The port to the DEC Alpha running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}) was
contributed by Brendan Kehoe, using some code written by Roland McGrath.
@item
The port to SGI machines running Irix 4 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}) was
contributed by Tom Quinn.
@item
The port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS architecture
(@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) was contributed by Kazumoto Kojima.
@item
The floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends
and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf},
@code{strtod} and friends were written by Ulrich Drepper. The
multi-precision integer functions used in those functions are taken from
GNU MP, which was contributed by Torbj@"orn Granlund.
@item
The internationalization support in the library, and the support
programs @code{locale} and @code{localedef}, were written by Ulrich
Drepper. Ulrich Drepper adapted the support code for message catalogs
(@file{libintl.h}, etc.) from the GNU @code{gettext} package, which he
also wrote. He also contributed the @code{catgets} support and the
entire suite of multi-byte and wide-character support functions
(@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.).
@item
The implementations of the @file{nsswitch.conf} mechanism and the files
and DNS backends for it were designed and written by Ulrich Drepper and
Roland McGrath, based on a backend interface defined by Peter Eriksson.
@item
The port to Linux i386/ELF (@code{i386-@var{anything}-linux}) was
contributed by Ulrich Drepper, based in large part on work done in
Hongjiu Lu's Linux version of @theglibc{}.
@item
The port to Linux/m68k (@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) was
contributed by Andreas Schwab.
@item
The ports to Linux/ARM (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM
standalone (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as parts of the
IPv6 support code, were contributed by Philip Blundell.
@item
Richard Henderson contributed the ELF dynamic linking code and other
support for the Alpha processor.
@item
David Mosberger-Tang contributed the port to Linux/Alpha
(@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}).
@item
The port to Linux on PowerPC (@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux})
was contributed by Geoffrey Keating.
@item
Miles Bader wrote the argp argument-parsing package, and the argz/envz
interfaces.
@item
Stephen R. van den Berg contributed a highly-optimized @code{strstr} function.
@item
Ulrich Drepper contributed the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48}
families of functions; reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the
@code{random} family; System V shared memory and IPC support code; and
several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86 processors.
@item
The math functions are taken from @code{fdlibm-5.1} by Sun
Microsystems, as modified by J.T. Conklin, Ian Lance Taylor,
Ulrich Drepper, Andreas Schwab, and Roland McGrath.
@item
The @code{libio} library used to implement @code{stdio} functions on
some platforms was written by Per Bothner and modified by Ulrich Drepper.
@item
Eric Youngdale and Ulrich Drepper implemented versioning of objects on
the symbol level.
@item
Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for NIS (YP) and NIS+,
securelevel 0, 1 and 2.
@item
Andreas Jaeger provided a test suite for the math library.
@item
Mark Kettenis implemented the utmpx interface and an utmp daemon.
@item
Ulrich Drepper added character conversion functions (@code{iconv}).
@item
Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for a caching daemon for NSS
(nscd).
@item
Tim Waugh provided an implementation of the POSIX.2 wordexp function family.
@item
Mark Kettenis provided a Hesiod NSS module.
@item
The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and
several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been
included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. The copying
permission notice for this code can be found in the file @file{LICENSES}
in the source distribution.
Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU;
the file if_ppp.h is also copyright by CMU, but under a different license;
see the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the licenses.
@item
The random number generation functions @code{random}, @code{srandom},
@ -181,6 +307,18 @@ Regents of the University of California. They have undergone minor
changes to fit into @theglibc{} and to fit the @w{ISO C} standard,
but the functional code is Berkeley's.@refill
@item
The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and
several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been
included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. The copying
permission notice for this code can be found in the file @file{LICENSES}
in the source distribution.
@item
The @code{getaddrinfo} and @code{getnameinfo} functions and supporting
code were written by Craig Metz; see the file @file{LICENSES} for
details on their licensing.
@item
The DNS resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.5, which
includes copyrighted code from UC Berkeley and from Digital Equipment
@ -192,9 +330,14 @@ The code to support Sun RPC is taken verbatim from Sun's
text of the license.
@item
Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU;
the file if_ppp.h is also copyright by CMU, but under a different license;
see the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the licenses.
The math functions are taken from @code{fdlibm-5.1} by Sun
Microsystems, as modified by J.T. Conklin, Ian Lance Taylor,
Ulrich Drepper, Andreas Schwab, and Roland McGrath.
@item
Many of the IEEE 64-bit double precision math functions
(in the @file{sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64} subdirectory) come
from the IBM Accurate Mathematical Library, contributed by IBM.
@item
Many of the IA64 math functions are taken from a collection of
@ -202,14 +345,4 @@ Many of the IA64 math functions are taken from a collection of
makes available under a free license; see the file @file{LICENSES} for
details.
@item
The @code{getaddrinfo} and @code{getnameinfo} functions and supporting
code were written by Craig Metz; see the file @file{LICENSES} for
details on their licensing.
@item
Many of the IEEE 64-bit double precision math functions
(in the @file{sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64} subdirectory) come
from the IBM Accurate Mathematical Library, contributed by IBM.
@end itemize