Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933151Ab1CaA4i (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:56:38 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:60013 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756556Ab1CaA4g convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:56:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110331001502.GB6680@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20110317183048.GW7258@atomide.com> <20110318101512.GA15375@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <201103301906.42429.arnd@arndb.de> <20110331001502.GB6680@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:55:45 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] omap changes for v2.6.39 merge window To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Tony Lindgren , David Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Nicolas Pitre , Catalin Marinas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1732 Lines: 45 On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > In this merge window, I deleted at least 6000 lines from arch/arm, and > by quoting diffstat percentages, you're using that against the ARM > community. ?Why did I bother (that's not a question). Umm. The actual stats are still: 1349 files changed, 62230 insertions(+), 33993 deletions(-) which is sad. And the end result speaks for itself: this is lines per architecture: ... 124022 total arch/sh 124418 total arch/sparc 181997 total arch/m68k 246717 total arch/mips 254785 total arch/x86 370912 total arch/powerpc 732732 total arch/arm notice how ARM ends up being in a class of its own. This is a PROBLEM. And ARM fanbois can say "oh, but arm is special" all they want, but they need to realize that the lack of common platform for ARM is a real major issue. It's not a "feature", and I'm sorry, but anybody who calls x86 "peanuts" is a moron and should be ashamed of himself. Instead of trying to feel superior, those people should feel like pariah. The fact that x86 has a platform, and people have cared about compatibility, and actually gets things to work with less code is a good thing. I know ARM people who think that x86 is an "ugly" architecture. But the fact is, of all the architectures out there, ARM right now is the ugliest BY FAR. Exactly because of people who don't seem to understand that this kind of crap is a problem. Linus -- 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/