Guess Who Contributed the Most to Linux Kernel 5.10 Development? It's Huawei (and Intel) - It's FOSS News
news.itsfoss.comHuawei and Intel seem to be leading the code contribution ranking for Linux Kernel 5.10 development. Here's more about that.
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It is worth noting that Huawei has been caught submiting useless code to the kernel, to boost their numbers.
sources: https://hitechglitz.com/huawei-developers-railed-for-pointless-contributions-to-linux-kernel-code-the-register/
https://mailinvest.blog/2021/06/26/huawei-dev-scolded-for-pointless-linux-kernel-code-contributions-the-register/
https://www.altusintel.com/public-yy3gq0/
I’m more curious about what they contributed rather than how many lines. The article doesn’t seem to take this into account. If they’re just contributing a bunch of drivers for their own hardware I don’t see how it’s “good for Linux”. The article makes it sound like Hauwei is running kennel development.