23-06-2024 22:33 via linux.slashdot.org

Longtime Linux Wireless Developer Passes Away. RIP Larry Finger

Slashdot reader unixbhaskar shared this report from Phoronix:
Larry Finger who has contributed to the Linux kernel since 2005 and has seen more than 1,500 kernel patches upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel has sadly passed away. His wife shared the news of Larry Finger's passing this weekend on the linux-wireless mailing list in a brief statement.Reactions are being shared around the internet. LWN writes:The LWN Kernel Source Database shows that Finger contributed to 94 releases in the (Gi
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