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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 day ago by that_leaflet to c/asahilinux

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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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[–] hesusingthespiritbomb 34 points 1 day ago

You know Linus has gotten a ton of shit over the years for being a temperamental asshole, but at this point I kinda feel for him.

Starting in 2014, the dude has made a genuine attempt to be better. However the open source world is full of petty drama that makes it hard to keep your cool.