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On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 07:13:59PM -0700, Frank Rowand wrote:
> > If you want to use vice grips as a hammer, screwdriver, monkey wrench,
> > etc.  there's nothing stopping you from doing that.  But it's not fair
> > to object to other people who might want to use better tools.
> > 
> > The reality is that we have a lot of testing tools.  It's not just
> > kselftests.  There is xfstests for file system code, blktests for
> > block layer tests, etc.   We use the right tool for the right job.
> 
> More specious arguments.

Well, *I* don't think they are specious; so I think we're going to
have to agree to disagree.

Cheers,

						- Ted