Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:10:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:09:52 -0500 Received: from h24-71-103-168.ss.shawcable.net ([24.71.103.168]:21774 "HELO discworld.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:09:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:10:19 -0600 From: Charles Cazabon To: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6 IDE 19 Message-ID: <20020311111019.F25601@twoflower.internal.do> In-Reply-To: <3C8CE34B.4030800@evision-ventures.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3C8CE34B.4030800@evision-ventures.com>; from dalecki@evision-ventures.com on Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 06:03:07PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Martin Dalecki wrote: > > For your information: I have read the standard papers and comments > to them. But the application notes from IBM and actual code > from different operating systems gives a much better formal > description of what is needed anyway. Or are you going to claim > that narrative languaue is more precise then actual C code? It appears that you're confusing an implementation of a specification with the specification itself. The specification wins out, and therefore you can't just copy the behvaiour of another implementation. Charles -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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/