From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753949AbXDPW3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:29:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753955AbXDPW3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:29:10 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:51710 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753932AbXDPW3I (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:29:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:29:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20070416.152910.107940079.davem@davemloft.net> To: andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com, ema@debian.org Subject: Re: Major qla2xxx regression on sparc64 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20070416222517.GD14351@andrew-vasquezs-computer.local> References: <20070416211049.GC13590@andrew-vasquezs-computer.local> <20070416.150846.45744461.davem@davemloft.net> <20070416222517.GD14351@andrew-vasquezs-computer.local> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1.52 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andrew Vasquez Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:25:17 -0700 > Fine, I'll agree that wacking-users (and > I'll wager the outliers) with a 2x4 was a bit extreme, And that, right there, is basically the end of the conversation. You don't do this to users, ever. Put a big loud kernel log message in there when this situation presents itself, use as many capital letters and scary language that you wish. Let them know that if things explode they get to keep the pieces. But at least try to give them something that works when you know that you can. You don't need to make someone's system unbootable in order to make them aware of a potential problem. It's very anti-social to approach things in this way.