* [PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files
@ 2026-08-18 19:46 Russ Weight
2026-08-18 19:46 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes Russ Weight
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From: Russ Weight @ 2026-08-18 19:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dakr, mcgrof; +Cc: driver-core, Russ Weight
Russ Weight is retired and is no longer actively participating in linux
kernel development. Change the contact for the firmware_loader sysfs nodes,
add an entry to CREDITS for the firmware-upload functionality, and remove
his name from the MAINTAINERS file.
Russ Weight (3):
firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes
CREDITS: Add Russ Weight to CREDITS for Firmware Upload
MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader
CREDITS | 4 ++++
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware | 14 +++++++-------
MAINTAINERS | 1 -
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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2.43.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* [PATCH v1 1/3] firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes 2026-08-18 19:46 [PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files Russ Weight @ 2026-08-18 19:46 ` Russ Weight 2026-08-18 19:46 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload Russ Weight 2026-08-18 19:46 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader Russ Weight 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Russ Weight @ 2026-08-18 19:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: dakr, mcgrof; +Cc: driver-core, Russ Weight Change the contact name for the firmware_loader sysfs nodes to Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>. Signed-off-by: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware index fba87a55f3ca..8bc063950de0 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ What: /sys/class/firmware/.../data Date: July 2022 KernelVersion: 5.19 -Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> +Contact: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Description: The data sysfs file is used for firmware-fallback and for firmware uploads. Cat a firmware image to this sysfs file after you echo 1 to the loading sysfs file. When the firmware @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Description: The data sysfs file is used for firmware-fallback and for What: /sys/class/firmware/.../cancel Date: July 2022 KernelVersion: 5.19 -Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> +Contact: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Description: Write-only. For firmware uploads, write a "1" to this file to request that the transfer of firmware data to the lower-level device be canceled. This request will be rejected (EBUSY) if @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Description: Write-only. For firmware uploads, write a "1" to this file to What: /sys/class/firmware/.../error Date: July 2022 KernelVersion: 5.19 -Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> +Contact: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing a failed firmware upload. This string will be in the form of <STATUS>:<ERROR>, where <STATUS> will be one of the status strings described @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing a failed firmware What: /sys/class/firmware/.../loading Date: July 2022 KernelVersion: 5.19 -Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> +Contact: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Description: The loading sysfs file is used for both firmware-fallback and for firmware uploads. Echo 1 onto the loading file to indicate you are writing a firmware file to the data sysfs node. Echo @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Description: The loading sysfs file is used for both firmware-fallback and What: /sys/class/firmware/.../remaining_size Date: July 2022 KernelVersion: 5.19 -Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> +Contact: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Description: Read-only. For firmware upload, this file contains the size of the firmware data that remains to be transferred to the lower-level device driver. The size value is initialized to @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Description: Read-only. For firmware upload, this file contains the size What: /sys/class/firmware/.../status Date: July 2022 KernelVersion: 5.19 -Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> +Contact: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing the current status of a firmware upload. The string will be one of the following: idle, "receiving", "preparing", "transferring", "programming". @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Description: Read-only. Returns a string describing the current status of What: /sys/class/firmware/.../timeout Date: July 2022 KernelVersion: 5.19 -Contact: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> +Contact: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Description: This file supports the timeout mechanism for firmware fallback. This file has no affect on firmware uploads. For more information on timeouts please see the documentation -- 2.43.0 ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v1 2/3] CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload 2026-08-18 19:46 [PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files Russ Weight 2026-08-18 19:46 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes Russ Weight @ 2026-08-18 19:46 ` Russ Weight 2026-08-18 19:46 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader Russ Weight 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Russ Weight @ 2026-08-18 19:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: dakr, mcgrof; +Cc: driver-core, Russ Weight Add an entry to the CREDITS file for the Firmware Upload functionality of the Firmware Loader. Signed-off-by: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> --- CREDITS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS index 91c51c14e993..9c44f02d3618 100644 --- a/CREDITS +++ b/CREDITS @@ -4277,6 +4277,10 @@ N: Juergen Weigert E: jnweiger@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de D: The Linux Support Team Erlangen +N: Russ Weight +E: russ.weight@gmail.com +D: Added support for Firmware Upload to the Firmware Loader + N: David Weinehall E: tao@acc.umu.se P: 1024D/DC47CA16 7ACE 0FB0 7A74 F994 9B36 E1D1 D14E 8526 DC47 CA16 -- 2.43.0 ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* [PATCH v1 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader 2026-08-18 19:46 [PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files Russ Weight 2026-08-18 19:46 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes Russ Weight 2026-08-18 19:46 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload Russ Weight @ 2026-08-18 19:46 ` Russ Weight 2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Russ Weight @ 2026-08-18 19:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: dakr, mcgrof; +Cc: driver-core, Russ Weight Remove Russ Weight from the MAINTAINERS for FIRMWARE LOADER. Signed-off-by: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> --- MAINTAINERS | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 8f4f9f117130..74e65cf9c91e 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -10111,7 +10111,6 @@ F: include/linux/arm_ffa.h FIRMWARE LOADER (request_firmware) M: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> -M: Russ Weight <russ.weight@linux.dev> M: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> L: driver-core@lists.linux.dev S: Maintained -- 2.43.0 ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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