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To: ak@suse.de (Andi Kleen)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> The solution that is tried in Linux land to avoid the "buggy drivers" ->
> "linux going to windows levels of stability" trap is to keep drivers in tree
> and aggressively auditing them; trying to fix their bugs.

We need to teach Linus about "taste" in drivers. His core code taste is
impeccable, but I'm not fond of his driver taste ;)

Alan (currently cleaning up NCR5380)

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