n2k15: reyk@ on hosting a hackathon, vmd, and the switch

Our next report comes from the hackathon organizer himself, Reyk Floeter (reyk@).

When I heard that Martin Pieuchot (mpi@) was looking for a place to hold another mini-hackathon for three to four people to work on multiprocessor (MP) enhancements of the network stack, I offered to come to our work place in Hannover, Northern Germany. We have space, gear, fast Internet and it is easy to reach for the involved people. Little did I know that it would quickly turn into n2k15, a network hackathon with 20 attendees from all over the world.

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