From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sarah Sharp Subject: Re: mourning the loss of David Brownell Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:21:44 -0700 Message-ID: <20110406002144.GC6983@xanatos> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Stern , Greg KH , Oliver Neukum Cc: Bill Gatliff , Kernel development list , USB list , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org 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! Sarah Sharp