From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 23:55:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 23:55:29 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:5126 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 23:55:29 -0400 Message-ID: <3CF05DC5.AF02BAEE@zip.com.au> Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 21:00:05 -0700 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.19-pre8 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karim Yaghmour CC: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP - Warning actual technical content. In-Reply-To: <20020525212832.A6479@hq.fsmlabs.com> <3CF05852.9AED3237@opersys.com> 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 Karim Yaghmour wrote: > > yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote: > > I'm ignoring the 10 billionth rehash of the RTLinux/RTAI debate since > > there seems very little purpose in not doing so. People who have actual > > questions should feel free to ask me directly - publically or privately, I > > don't mind. Those on tape loops can keep repeating themselves without > > my assistance. > > Every last time you said this you answered none of the questions I brought forth. > Are you serious this time that you will really answer questions? > > I just want to make sure before I take the time for the n'th time to > write a list. > Just write the list, please. I'm sure Victor will answer carefully. Hopefully, together you will be able to answer the ultimate question: "is anyone doing anything which prevents the work of Andrew Morton from being available to its full audience?". I would take a damnedly dim view of a "yes". -