On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:11 -0400, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> On 5/5/2013 10:04 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Guys & Gals;
> >
> > There was a post that made it to one of the lkml related lists I am on this
> > morning that I would liken to calling Linus out for a duel.  Calling
> > specific attention to his knowledge of x86 stuff being a huge hindrance in
> > the arm world, specifically his insistence that devices belong in a 'device
> > tree'.
> >
> > I think some of the points it brings up might be helpful in terms of our
> > being able to use these devices in a stable manner.  So I will fwd that
> > post to this list shortly.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene
> 
> Gene:
> 
> I think it a mistake to take a knife to a gun fight. This is a battle 
> that is raging across Linux-land, not just in the debian-arm list. It is 
> inaccurate to claim it is Linus's fault that we don't have a clean 
> approach. There was lots of muttering among the leads in Linux-ARM 
> development about how badly we were managing things pre-device tree, 
> well before Linus's celebrated rant. It's unfortunate that people pick 
> and choose the lists on which they post their opinions so as to look 
> wise and prescient with little opposition, but we see the same behavior 
> in politics as well.
> 
> To quote an old line, "we live in interesting times."
> 
> Regards,
> Kent
> 
I've heard another version of the above quote. "May you live in
interesting times". That could be either a curse or a blessing. ;-)

Dave
> 
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