Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754760Ab1DFDfj (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:35:39 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:55324 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753990Ab1DFDfe convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:35:34 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=faaJ0p1CTQlUtszxKEO2DF/2/BDpFQhZmQFq6WH8DT2Shcnez9fnqU2aakEVZQhjps Xz61Bb2G75AHxvWxl3YaIy45xIHXGkPhZvYv7TXC3YPQ2w4DDbvUfuX/UnhQZzyFIGeD QLOEK3PpZ11Re9Xu+Nu5LY/j3oaMLLEw17C18= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110406002144.GC6983@xanatos> References: <20110406002144.GC6983@xanatos> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:35:32 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mourning the loss of David Brownell From: Jidong Xiao To: Sarah Sharp Cc: Alan Stern , Greg KH , Oliver Neukum , Bill Gatliff , Kernel development list , USB list , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2288 Lines: 51 On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Sarah Sharp wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 02:10:53PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: >> On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Greg KH wrote: >> >> > As I have seen this tangentally mentioned already a few times >> > publically, I figured it warranted it's own announcement now. >> > >> > Linux has lost a great developer with the passing of David Brownell >> > recently and he will be greatly missed. >> >> David made contributions to a large number of areas in the Linux >> kernel. ?Even a quick look through MAINTAINERS will show that he worked >> on USB controllers (OHCI, EHCI, OMAP and others), USB gadgets, USB >> networking, and SPI. ?He was influential in the core USB design (the >> HCD "glue" layer and the scatter-gather library) and the development of >> Power Management (system sleep and the USB PM implementation). ?His >> designs were elegant and his code was always a pleasure to read. >> >> He also was a big help to me personally, assisting in my initial entry >> to USB core development. ?And he was the first person I met at the >> first Linux conference I attended. ?I too will miss him. > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:17:20AM -0700, Bill Gatliff wrote: >> Guys: >> >> >> David Brownell unknowingly inspired me to get involved in Linux as a >> profession. ?I saw him as an individual working successfully on Free >> and Open Software, and have made an effort to emulate his success for >> over a decade now. >> >> I deeply regret never taking the time to meet and thank him in person. > > A reminder that we all are mortal. ?Since David I can't thank David > either, I'd like to take a moment to thank Greg, Alan, and Oliver. > David, Greg, Alan, and Oliver were really great at putting up with my > newbie questions when I was first working on usbfs2, and I really > appreciate all the help, support, and feedback they've given me over the > years. ?Thank you! > Me too. David and the other developers you mentioned here helped me a lot. So sad, he is so young. Regards Jidong -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/