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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)

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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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[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[-] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 1 points 37 minutes ago

I agree with Linus's argument here. I also think the selected quotes are the main points in that argument, not just "inflammatory minor excerpts."

[-] runeko@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Mmmmmm Pineapple

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days 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.

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