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DateWed, 18 Feb 2004 04:34:32 +0000
From viro@parcelfa ...
SubjectRe: 2.6.3rc4 ali1535 i2c driver rmmod oops.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 04:02:52AM +0000, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 08:00:35PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > I felt masochistic, so decided to 'see what would happen' when I ran this..
> > Whee. Fun. Do you actually have the hardware for it, or did it blow up
> > even without any supported hardware?
>
> -ENOHARDWARE.
> Judging by the number of bugs this has thrown up, not many folks test the
> 'try a driver without the hardware' paths too often.

Hell, yes. You should've seen the crap fixed by NE* patches in drivers/net/* -
it certainly looks like the common mindset is "if this miserable box can't,
for whatever reason, run My Driver(tm) - why the fuck does it dare to exist?"
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