cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25857381
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.
Linus ain’t wrong tho
He is totally correct and it is great to see him finally step in to settle this drama. Hopefully it will reduce the level of noise going forward.