Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261916AbTKHSQc (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:16:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261939AbTKHSQc (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:16:32 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:3719 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261916AbTKHSQb (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:16:31 -0500 Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 18:16:26 +0000 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa , Bill Davidsen , John Bradford , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.9test9-mm1 and DAO ATAPI cd-burning corrupt Message-ID: <20031108181626.GD7665@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20031108150654.GA19980@linalco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 958 Lines: 24 On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 09:52:52AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Ragnar Hojland Espinosa wrote: > > > > Well, I hope its in better state than the Mitsumi driver, because last > > time I tried it was broken (oopsed in a simple cat) since a 2.3.xx > > IIRC [0] > > Since 2._3_.xx? > > > [0] Tracked it down to a -pre if anyone is interested and its still > > broken.. > > Quite frankly, if it's literally been broken since 2.3.x, I think the best > thing to do would be to remove the driver entirely. ... or give it to somebody on kernel-janitors and tell them to bring the series of *provable* cleanups and fixes, getting the driver into decent form. Would be a good exercise. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/