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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    1 day ago

    “don’t quote the shouty bit; it’s not all shouty”

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      1 day ago

      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.

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        23 hours ago

        To be fair, it’s entirely possible someone else made a post about this topic with an non-sensationalized title, but no one engaged with that one. Including us.