Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:17:18 +0100 (CET) | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols??? |
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Well, hpa and myself are the only ones really maintaining it > > in the last two years judging from the changelog. Some others > > probably also contributed small changes not worthy of an entry. > Or rewrote the Winchip code but didnt feel egotistical enough
It's not so much an ego thing imo. It's a useful pointer to find out who changed something, and why. If nothing else, useful to find the guilty party when something breaks 8) /me hides*
> > I got the idea a while ago that splitting the various implementations > > (Cyrix/K6/etc) out to seperate files would be a good start. > I looked at that - but its hard to see the right places to split it
Agreed, it's one reason I've been putting it off until a better time (Ie, 2.5)
regards, Dave.
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