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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Tonnerre <tonnerre@thundrix.ch>
Cc: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: __initcall macros and C token pasting
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:42:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040926184233.A18891@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040926172429.GA15441@thundrix.ch>; from tonnerre@thundrix.ch on Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 07:24:29PM +0200

On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 07:24:29PM +0200, Tonnerre wrote:
> Actually, lots  of drivers  that *are* in  the kernel are  pretty much
> broken.

Sure.  OTOH you can count the non-broken drivers outside the kernel tree
with your fingers..

> And I don't  think putting more drivers into  the mainline kernel will
> fix this problem.

Actually it does.  It keeps them uptodate on API changes, and more important
gets them additional review.


  reply	other threads:[~2004-09-26 17:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-25 17:57 __initcall macros and C token pasting Jon Smirl
2004-09-25 18:32 ` viro
2004-09-25 18:40   ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-25 19:17   ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-26 17:21     ` Olivier Galibert
2004-09-26 17:24       ` Tonnerre
2004-09-26 17:42         ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2004-09-26 19:56         ` Geert Uytterhoeven

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