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SubjectRe: [PATCH] CFS: Fix missing digit off in wmult table

* Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> Don't make such suggestions if you have no idea how insulting they
> are. Especially the one deleted insult above where you have the
> impertinence to quote it, such tone is more appropriate between lord
> and inferior, where the latter have to make a request and the former
> "might" grant it. [...]

uhm, [and the uninterested reader might want to skip to the next mail
;-)], i'm really confused about your reply. Do you really mean this:

> > Roman, please do me a favor, and ask me the following question:
> >
> > " Ingo, you've been maintaining the scheduler for years. In fact you
> > wrote the old nice code we are talking about here. You changed it a
> > number of times since then. So you really know what's going on here.
> > Why does the old nice code behave like that for nice +19 levels? "
> >
> > I've been waiting for that obvious question, and i _might_ be able
> > to answer it, but somehow it never occured to you ;-) Thanks,

the ";-)" emoticon (and its contents) clearly signals this as a
sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek remark. To make it even clearer, please
re-read it with the <sarcastic> tag added as well for clarity:

> > <sarcastic>
> >
> > Roman, please do me a favor, and ask me the following question:
> >
> > " Ingo, you've been maintaining the scheduler for years. In fact you
> > wrote the old nice code we are talking about here. You changed it a
> > number of times since then. So you really know what's going on here.
> > Why does the old nice code behave like that for nice +19 levels? "
> >
> > I've been waiting for that obvious question, and i _might_ be able
> > to answer it, but somehow it never occured to you ;-) Thanks,
> >
> > </sarcastic>

ok? (If you didnt see/read it as sarcastic straight away then my
apologies for insulting you!)

The "_might_ be able to answer" bit is of course sarcastic too, and
contrary to your (i have to say, pretty absurd) suggestion i did not
suggest that i "might be _willing_ to answer" - which would be quite
arrogant indeed and which i never said or suggested. To make it even
clearer: i'm definitely able to answer questions about code i wrote
originally and which i just changed, were you to show genuine interest
in hearing my opinion :-)

Ingo
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