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.

  • mox
    11•23 hours 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.

    • @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
      1•22 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.