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
    9•2 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.