Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030202AbVLFT6M (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:58:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030214AbVLFT6M (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:58:12 -0500 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:11024 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030202AbVLFT6L convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:58:11 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 In-Reply-To: <1133894540.6724.95.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Dec 2005 19:58:06.0800 (UTC) FILETIME=[600AED00:01C5FA9F] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: copy_from_user/copy_to_user question Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:58:05 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: copy_from_user/copy_to_user question Thread-Index: AcX6n2AUNi+U+mbISHmCSRjFlZUdXg== References: <20051206175301.34596.qmail@web32110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1133894540.6724.95.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Steven Rostedt" Cc: "Vinay Venkataraghavan" , "Andi Kleen" , "linux-kernel" Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1841 Lines: 39 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 13:23 -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > >> >> (note)__assess__ means even "peek at". >> >> FYI, there should never even be such a question. > > Dick, be nice. I get the impression that Vinay is just looking at some > code that he can't disclose because of some policy of the company he > works for. He's curiously looking at the code of some non-mainstream > driver (either GPL or some NDA version) and is questioning what he sees. > Not everyone that does this is a kernel hacker. This is the way I > started, and these questions, which may seem so obvious to a veteran > kernel hacker, is not so to a novice. > > -- Steve Yes. You are correct. But he already asked the same questions yesterday and was answered by many, including me, in many nice ways. So, sorry for not being nice. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13.4 on an i686 machine (5589.55 BogoMips). Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. . **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. - 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/