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)

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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] -1 points 3 months ago

But if you’re thin-skinned and think you’re better than others

If being "thin-skinned" means not allowing people to disrespect you unnecessarily based on a misunderstanding, then sure.

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