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On Sat, Mar 20 2004, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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. Really, I think it's a much better demonstration of exactly how stupid hardware developers are at times... > >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. I agree with that as well. I just didn't agree with your rosy idea of thinking everything would always work if you just check the bits according to spec. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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