* [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
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* [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
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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
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2.43.0
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* [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
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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
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2.43.0
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* [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
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