Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:41:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:41:33 -0500 Received: from mx2.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:16539 "HELO mx2.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:41:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:38:13 +0100 (CET) From: Ingo Molnar Reply-To: To: Martin Dalecki Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin In-Reply-To: <3C56A03C.9070107@evision-ventures.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote: > >tell Jens. He goes about fixing it all, not just the most visible pieces > >that showed how much the Linux block IO code sucked. And guess what? His > >patches are being accepted, and the Linux 2.5 block IO code is evolving > >rapidly. Sometimes keeping broken code around as an incentive to fix it > >*for real* is better than trying to massage the broken code somewhat. > > > There is nothing easier to fix then this. You just have to grep for > it, or just remove the declaration and wait to be hit by this during > the compilation. [...] you have completely and totally ignored my argument. Ingo - 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/