netdev - Re: mourning the loss of David Brownell

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2011 22:07:05 +0300
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mourning the loss of David Brownell

Hi,

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.

I guess many of us have similar experience with Dave. He also helped me
a lot when I first started doing Linux development. I learned a lot from
him and will miss him a lot. His teachings, I will always carry with me.

Thanks Dave for all your help. Rest in Peace, my friend.

-- 
balbi
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