Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264650AbUFLG3l (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:29:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264653AbUFLG3l (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:29:41 -0400 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:3200 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264650AbUFLG3k (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 02:29:40 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:37:32 +0100 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200406120637.i5C6bW0c000376@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> To: Rik van Riel , Tobias Hirning Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: Insults in the kernel-sources Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1020 Lines: 33 Quote from Rik van Riel : > On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Tobias Hirning wrote: > > > have you ever tried a > > grep "insult" -i -r ./* > > in the sourcetree of the kernel? > > Yeah, isn't it great ? > > Hours and hours of fun, learning more about > crappy hardware than you ever wanted to know. > > > So do and think about, because the you can find to much of > > insults in the sources. > > Too much? Considering how amazingly bad some > stuff is (especially hardware bugs) I'm quite > surprised there aren't more of those amusing > profanities throughout the source code. > > Maybe I should start hacking device drivers, > so I can legitimately add them ? > > What do you think ? Patches specifically to add insults are probably 2.7 material :-). John. - 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/