cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25857381

Hellwig is the maintainer of the DMA subsystem. Hellwig previously blocked rust bindings for DMA code, which in part resulted in Hector Martin from stepping down as a kernel maintainer and eventually Asahi Linux as a whole.

  • @db2
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    282 days ago

    He’s trying not to call people fucking idiots anymore, so maybe not.

    • @NegativeInf
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      162 days ago

      Sometimes you just gotta call a fucking idiot a fucking idiot.

      • @db2
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        92 days ago

        That’s what I think, but he’s doing the kinder gentler Linus thing and it’s hard to say that’s a bad thing for him. I do miss the days he’d just tell someone to fuck off though.