We got sad news that Larry is not with us anymore. He was a long time Linux developer, his first commit was back in 2005 and he has maintained several wireless drivers over the years. He was known for patiently supporting Linux users with all sorts of problems they had. Larry's work helped so many people around the world and I always enjoyed working with him, even though I sadly never met him. Rest in Peace, Larry. You will be missed. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/77997185-86a6-41c5-af7a-74e4e9064437@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/larry-finger-linux-wireless-hero-was-a-persistent-patient-coder-and-mentor/ Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- CREDITS | 4 ++++ MAINTAINERS | 5 +---- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS index 0107047f807b..1a1a54555e11 100644 --- a/CREDITS +++ b/CREDITS @@ -1214,6 +1214,10 @@ D: UDF filesystem S: (ask for current address) S: USA +N: Larry Finger +E: Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx +D: Maintainer of wireless drivers, too many to list here + N: Jürgen Fischer E: fischer@xxxxxxxxx D: Author of Adaptec AHA-152x SCSI driver diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index d6c90161c7bf..250c4c3aee22 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -3602,10 +3602,9 @@ W: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 F: drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/ B43LEGACY WIRELESS DRIVER -M: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> L: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx L: b43-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -S: Maintained +S: Orphan W: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 F: drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/ @@ -19511,7 +19510,6 @@ F: drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8180/ RTL8187 WIRELESS DRIVER M: Hin-Tak Leung <hintak.leung@xxxxxxxxx> -M: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> L: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx S: Maintained T: git https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git @@ -21249,7 +21247,6 @@ W: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/DCON F: drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/ STAGING - REALTEK RTL8712U DRIVERS -M: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> M: Florian Schilhabel <florian.c.schilhabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. S: Odd Fixes F: drivers/staging/rtl8712/ base-commit: 14f89946b6b383e617657a1e81fe6bf520ce86d5 -- 2.39.2
