Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 20 Mar 2004 05:12:47 -0500 | | From | Jeff Garzik <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] barrier patch set |
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Jens Axboe wrote: > I agree with Bart, it's usually never that clear. Quit harping the > stupid LG issue, they did something brain dead in the firmware and I > almost have to say that they got what they deserved for doing something > as _stupid_ as that.
I use it because it's an excellent illustration of what happens when you ignore the spec.
> Jeff, it's wonderful to think that you can always rely on checking spec > bits, but in reality it never really 'just works out' for any given set > of hardware.
"just issue it and hope" is not a reasonable plan, IMO.
Jeff
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