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Linus responds to Hellwig - "the pull request you objected to DID NOT TOUCH THE DMA LAYER AT ALL... if you as a maintainer feel that you control who or what can use your code, YOU ARE WRONG." (lore.kernel.org)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/linux

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I wish this was given a less provocative title. People who read the whole post will find that it's not all shouting, and Linus' stance seems pretty even-keeled.

[–] BatmanAoD 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"don't quote the shouty bit; it's not all shouty"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

More like, "don't pick an inflammatory minor excerpt to represent a lengthy and well-reasoned post."

Similarly, don't choose a red fruit to represent a pine forest just because there happens to be an apple tree somewhere within. It's misleading.

[–] runeko 4 points 1 week ago

Mmmmmm Pineapple

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