On Sunday 05 May 2013 18:43:24 Kent A. Reed did opine: > 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
That we sure do Kent. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> The idle mind knows not what it is it wants. -- Quintus Ennius A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
