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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    Nobody in that thread quit because of the way Linus talked. If was because of the way they were talking to each other.

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      1 month ago

      They quit because other people spoke to them that way under Linus’ absent leadership.