Messages in this thread | | | From | Patrick McFarland <> | Subject | Re: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog | Date | Wed, 1 Jun 2005 11:57:39 -0400 |
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On Wednesday 01 June 2005 11:11 am, Joerg Schilling wrote: > I did define this model 19 years ago when I did write the first > Generic SCSI driver at all. Adaptec indepentently did develop ASPI > 2 years later and did chose the same address model. Nearly all > OS use this kind (or a very similar model) internaly inside the kernel > or the basic SCSI address routines.
That doesn't mean its the right model. Infact, for being 20 years old /and/ the first, it stands to be the absolutely worst model. Linus and crew have every right to do something new.
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