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.

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    2 months ago

    (rightfully) does not like mixed language codebases for projects as large and important as Linux

    You make it sound like it’s a matter of taste rather than a technical one (and I suspect it actually might be just about taste in the end)