Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin

Martin Dalecki
2002-02-01T11:54:03Z

Ingo Molnar wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
>
>>>tell Jens. He goes about fixing it all, not just the most visible pieces
>>>that showed how much the Linux block IO code sucked. And guess what? His
>>>patches are being accepted, and the Linux 2.5 block IO code is evolving
>>>rapidly. Sometimes keeping broken code around as an incentive to fix it
>>>*for real* is better than trying to massage the broken code somewhat.
>>>
>>There is nothing easier to fix then this. You just have to grep for
>>it, or just remove the declaration and wait to be hit by this during
>>the compilation. [...]
>>
>>you have completely and totally ignored my argument.
>>
And you didn't look at the issue. Abstract arguments from you sound only
like a dialogue with
a AI programm.

1. Telling Jest - he is supposed to read lkml. I'm continuously raising
this issue since several moths already.
2. *for real* - removing it is the REAL fix.