Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:54:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:53:55 -0500 Received: from [195.63.194.11] ([195.63.194.11]:27655 "EHLO mail.stock-world.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:53:40 -0500 Message-ID: <3C5A81C0.6020001@evision-ventures.com> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:53:36 +0100 From: Martin Dalecki User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020129 X-Accept-Language: en-us, pl MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mingo@elte.hu CC: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ingo Molnar wrote: >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. >> And you didn't look at the issue. Abstract arguments from you sound only like a dialogue with a AI programm. 1. Telling Jest - he is supposed to read lkml. I'm continuously raising this issue since several moths already. 2. *for real* - removing it is the REAL fix. - 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/