From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Roudier?= Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:01:31 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.16-ia64-011128 is missing dma64_addr_t Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, David Mosberger wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:23:38 +0100 (CET), =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=3DE9rar= d_Roudier?=3D said: > > Gerard> Sorry for having missed this dma detail in sym53c8xx_2 > Gerard> driver, but I cannot accept your 'bug' statement. Extremally > Gerard> bogus are proprietary hardwares that require much complexity > Gerard> in driver development, hence injecting useless bloat and > Gerard> bugs and, may-be, just sometimes discouraging people to > Gerard> develop drivers as a sad result. > > Sorry, I didn't mean to critize your work. I use "bug" fairly > casually and didn't mean to be insulting. If it came across that way, > my apologies... No apology needed. My posting was not against you. I just wanted to shout my opinion about real source of tons of bugs beeing in the complexity injected in modern kernels in order to support software-unfriendy designed hardware. I didn't feel insulted at all by your 'bug' statement applying to the driver, but just didn't accept it as is. You are doing a great work for Linux. Sorry for having been so unclear. G=E9rard.