Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754133AbWLRPUQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:20:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754114AbWLRPUP (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:20:15 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:32854 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754133AbWLRPUO (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:20:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the broken SCSI_SEAGATE driver From: Arjan van de Ven To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: James Bottomley , Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <20061212162238.GR28443@stusta.de> <1165966274.5903.56.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <20061213000902.GD28443@stusta.de> <1166198454.2846.10.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1166386966.9647.20.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1166431702.3365.934.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:20:10 +0100 Message-Id: <1166455210.3365.1050.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 (2.8.2.1-2.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1281 Lines: 31 On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 14:48 +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Arjan van de Ven writes: > > > if a tree falls in a forest but there's nobody around to hear it, does > > it make a sound? > > > > This sort of heisenbug questions aren't solved by "nobody hears it so > > lets chop down the forest to make houses out of the wood" answers... > > Does that mean you don't want to know which hardware/drivers aren't used > anymore and which ones are? it means that IT DOESN'T MATTER. * If it's entirely unused, we get no bugreports -> there is no problem. * If it's used but good quality, we get no bugreports -> there is no problem we can't distinguish the two. But.. in neither case is there a problem so why force anything? I know some people don't like Heisenberg uncertainty, but... personally for me if the effect is the same I couldn't care less. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - 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/