[PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files

[PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files

[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(-)

-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH v1 1/3] firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes

[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

[PATCH v1 2/3] CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload

[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

[PATCH v1 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader

[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

Re: [PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Tue Aug 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM CEST, Russ Weight wrote:
> Russ Weight is retired and is no longer actively participating in linux kernel
> development.

Thanks for the kernel work over the years, Russ. Enjoy your retirement!

(I will pick up the series after the merge window.)

Re: [PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files

[Danilo Krummrich]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:46:45 -0600, Russ Weight wrote:
> [PATCH v1 0/3] Remove Russ Weight from kernel development files

Applied, thanks!

  Branch: driver-core-linus
  Tree:   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core.git

[1/3] firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes
      commit: 6db237eb5167

      [ Since we have a driver-core mailing list, use it as contact
        information instead of myself. - Danilo ]

[2/3] CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload
      commit: 0d3e690c1129
[3/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader
      commit: f6d752278c13

The patches will appear in the next linux-next integration (typically within 24
hours on weekdays).

The patches are queued up for Linus's tree and should land in the next -rc
release.