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@@ -518,6 +518,14 @@ N: Zach Brown
 E: zab@zabbo.net
 D: maestro pci sound
 
+M: David Brownell
+D: Kernel engineer, mentor, and friend.  Maintained USB EHCI and
+D: gadget layers, SPI subsystem, GPIO subsystem, and more than a few
+D: device drivers.  His encouragement also helped many engineers get
+D: started working on the Linux kernel.  David passed away in early
+D: 2011, and will be greatly missed.
+W: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/5/36
+
 N: Gary Brubaker
 E: xavyer@ix.netcom.com
 D: USB Serial Empeg Empeg-car Mark I/II Driver