Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Dec 1998 03:16:19 +0100 | From | ralf@uni-kobl ... | Subject | Re: PATCH: Raw device IO for 2.1.131 |
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On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 01:18:28PM -0500, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> >That is my point. Write the code, show what it does, and why it > >is the technically superior solution to the problem at hand, THEN > >submit it to linus, perhaps with some benchmarks. > > > >Then and only then will it become reality. > > Although its hard to argue with the above, I will. The reluctance of > the kernel community to discuss (re)design issues in the absence of > working code can act as a brake on people actually coming up with > interesting new solutions.
This first discussion is a quite good filter protecting against bad ideas. An idea is worth the more to be implemented the less scratches it takes during that discussion.
Ralf
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