From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:48:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080707.134832.189558582.davem@davemloft.net> Subject: Re: [bug?] tg3: Failed to load firmware "tigon/tg3_tso.bin" From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20080707193008.17795d61@the-village.bc.nu> References: <20080707191359.11f6297f@the-village.bc.nu> <48726734.7080601@garzik.org> <20080707193008.17795d61@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org From: Alan Cox Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:30:08 +0100 Return-Path: To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: jeff@garzik.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, andi@firstfloor.org, tytso@mit.edu, hugh@veritas.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com, mchan@broadcom.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > I don't see why it should be David's job to add every conceivable feature > to the code. David's changes prevent something from working, which works today. Usually we refer to that as a regression. And usually, we rely on the patch author to fix regressions they add, and failing that we revert their work. Bringing up this SATA scarecrow and trying to make Jeff look inconsistent is not winning your arguments any extra points. Especially not with me. You also mentioned something about how similar arguments as ours were made when modules were proposed as a feature. Well, I can say only two things about that: 1) I could still build a static kernel image and use it as-is after the changes to support modules were added to the kernel. In fact I still largely do not use modules at all during my own kernel work. This is completely unlike what David is doing here, where the previous status quo will cease working. 2) You cannot deny the fine mess we have with proprietary modules and such these days. It has been quite the pandora's box over time. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org