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SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/22] Firmware interface code for IB device.
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On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 14:26 +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 12:20:11PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > > Well, the eHCA guys tell me that they can't post patches to lkml.
> >
> > Then they lie. And not posting to lkml is a good reason not to merge
> > an otherwise perfect driver. (which this one is far from)
>
> I don't speak for IBM or the authors, but there are perfectly
> reasonable reasons to ask someone else to post a patch on your behalf
> - including but not limited to to only being able to use Lotus Notes
> with one's IBM email. I'm sure you've all seen the travesties that
> Notes inflicts on inline patches.

there are ways around that with webmail etc.

The bigger issue is: if people can't be bothered to do those steps, why
would they be bothered to do this for maintenance and bugfixes etc etc?
Basically it's now already a de-facto unmaintained driver....


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