Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-10-13 Thread Mark Hahn
message -- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 18:24:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux Kernel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux. In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > him, but he has cut off all commutations. So

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-10-13 Thread Mark Hahn
message -- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 18:24:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Kernel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux. In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] him, but he has cut off all commutations. So starting tomorrow, we will be submitting

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-29 Thread James H. Cloos Jr.
> "Erik" == Erik Mouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Erik> I have taken the role as flame fighter and I have written a Erik> summary which you can read at: Erik> http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/flamewar.txt There is one small problem with the solution advocated at the end of that page.

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:58:35 -0700, Howell, David P wrote: > My 2 cents. > > I don't read this mail list for this type of rubbish either. The technical > detail of this thread is all that seems appropriate here, not the issue > between George and Russell. I'd be embarrassed if I were either of

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Russell King
Howell, David P writes: > I don't read this mail list for this type of rubbish either. The technical > detail of this thread is all that seems appropriate here, not the issue > between George and Russell. I'd be embarrassed if I were either of them, > the way that they have presented

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Howell, David P
Kernel Subject: Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux. Well, this sucks. I am not sure how you both came to this impass, but it really is quite unacceptable. I think there are several problems here: No maintainer should cut off contribution from an entire company to a platform it intends

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Jeff Garzik
On 28 Sep 2000, Jes Sorensen wrote: > > "George" == George France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > George> Eric Mouw from the LART group will be posting the whole thing > George> in a little while. > Is there a reason why this obviously personal fight between you and > Russell needs to be

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Jes Sorensen
> "George" == George France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> Eric Mouw from the LART group will be posting the whole thing George> in a little while. Is there a reason why this obviously personal fight between you and Russell needs to be mediated/judged by linux-kernel? Jes - To

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Jes Sorensen
"George" == George France [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: George Eric Mouw from the LART group will be posting the whole thing George in a little while. Is there a reason why this obviously personal fight between you and Russell needs to be mediated/judged by linux-kernel? Jes - To unsubscribe from

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Jeff Garzik
On 28 Sep 2000, Jes Sorensen wrote: "George" == George France [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: George Eric Mouw from the LART group will be posting the whole thing George in a little while. Is there a reason why this obviously personal fight between you and Russell needs to be mediated/judged by

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Howell, David P
Kernel Subject: Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux. Well, this sucks. I am not sure how you both came to this impass, but it really is quite unacceptable. I think there are several problems here: No maintainer should cut off contribution from an entire company to a platform it intends

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Russell King
Howell, David P writes: I don't read this mail list for this type of rubbish either. The technical detail of this thread is all that seems appropriate here, not the issue between George and Russell. I'd be embarrassed if I were either of them, the way that they have presented themselves,

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-28 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:58:35 -0700, Howell, David P wrote: My 2 cents. I don't read this mail list for this type of rubbish either. The technical detail of this thread is all that seems appropriate here, not the issue between George and Russell. I'd be embarrassed if I were either of

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Alexander Viro
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Miles Lane wrote: > Perhaps the Linux community should draft up some > guidelines for the job of maintainer that would include > some mechanism for replacing a maintainer who is not > effectively shepherding his port. Since when it is decided by community? It's not a

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Miles Lane
Well, this sucks. I am not sure how you both came to this impass, but it really is quite unacceptable. I think there are several problems here: No maintainer should cut off contribution from an entire company to a platform it intends to help support and implement. Usually these

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Erik Mouw
Russell King writes: > George France writes: [snip] OK, so the flamewar landed over here. I have taken the role as flame fighter and I have written a summary which you can read at: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/flamewar.txt We are currently trying to solve this issue privately, so the

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mark Hahn
> him, but he has cut off all commutations. So starting tomorrow, we will be > submitting patches directly to the kernel mailing list, since Russell will uh, this will be unpleasantly familiar to anyone who was reading the linux-usb mailing list in Dec 99, when George said, roughly "you are all

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:30:13PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > For what it's worth, the SA1100 serial driver has been registered with > me on the Low-Density Serial Ports major (204) as /dev/ttySA0-2 (minor > 5-7). > > Russ is 100% correct that different drivers shouldn't use the > same

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Philipp Rumpf
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:30:13PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Russ is 100% correct that different drivers shouldn't use the > same device numbers, unless they are: > > a) mutually exclusive, > b) interface compatible, *AND* > c) handle all arbitration necessary. This doesn't handle the

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
> heh. It'd go along very well with the current /.post: > Kernel Fork for Big Iron? > Posted by Hemos on Wednesday > September 27, @04:01PM > from the what-to-do dept. > (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/09/27/191243=thread) > > *sigh* It amuses me that

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Eli Carter
Dan Hollis wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote: > > Alan Cox writes: > > > So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? > > Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at > > http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/ > > for the

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Alan Cox writes: > > > now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all > > > e-mails from Compaq, which means he can not recieve any more ARM Linux > > >

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Hello Mike; > Ok. I didn't mean to imply anything.. It just wasn't clear, and > due to the nature of the discussion, it seemed that it might have > been a private message.. > No problem. I should have took more time in writing my e-mail and inserted the headers. Best Regards, --George -

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mike A. Harris
ype: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Subject: RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux. > >Relax. Russel posted this to a public mailing list. Ok. I didn't mean to imply anything.. It just wasn't clear, and due to the nature of the discussion, it seemed that it might

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Dan Hollis
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote: > Alan Cox writes: > > So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? > Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at > http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/ > for the thread: > Re: information request

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Eric Mouw from the LART group will be posting the whole thing in a little while. Patience. --George > -Original Message- > From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 5:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Relax. Russel posted this to a public mailing list. --George > If that was a personal email from him to you (ie: not public) > then it was very distasteful and disrespectful of you to post it > here publically. You should have at least quoted the header > lines to make it clear... > > Just my

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Russell; > > George France writes: > > As you probably know Russell King is the maintainer of ARM > Linux. Him and I > > have been debating how serial ports should be handled on an > off for months > > now. IMHO, today he lost it, > > Please note that at every instance, George has totally >

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Russell King
Alan Cox writes: > > now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all > > e-mails from Compaq, which means he can not recieve any more ARM Linux > > patches from us. I have tried every method that I know of, to work with > > So is there a URL with the whole discussion on.

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, George France wrote: >Greetings; > >As you probably know Russell King is the maintainer of ARM Linux. Him and I >have been debating how serial ports should be handled on an off for months >now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all >e-mails from

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
> now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all > e-mails from Compaq, which means he can not recieve any more ARM Linux > patches from us. I have tried every method that I know of, to work with So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ?

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Russell King
George France writes: > As you probably know Russell King is the maintainer of ARM Linux. Him and I > have been debating how serial ports should be handled on an off for months > now. IMHO, today he lost it, Please note that at every instance, George has totally ignored my suggestions and

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, George France wrote: Greetings; As you probably know Russell King is the maintainer of ARM Linux. Him and I have been debating how serial ports should be handled on an off for months now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all e-mails from Compaq,

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all e-mails from Compaq, which means he can not recieve any more ARM Linux patches from us. I have tried every method that I know of, to work with So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ?

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Russell King
Alan Cox writes: now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all e-mails from Compaq, which means he can not recieve any more ARM Linux patches from us. I have tried every method that I know of, to work with So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Russell; George France writes: As you probably know Russell King is the maintainer of ARM Linux. Him and I have been debating how serial ports should be handled on an off for months now. IMHO, today he lost it, Please note that at every instance, George has totally ignored my

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Eric Mouw from the LART group will be posting the whole thing in a little while. Patience. --George -Original Message- From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 5:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Russell King forks

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Relax. Russel posted this to a public mailing list. --George If that was a personal email from him to you (ie: not public) then it was very distasteful and disrespectful of you to post it here publically. You should have at least quoted the header lines to make it clear... Just my $0.02

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Dan Hollis
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote: Alan Cox writes: So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/ for the thread: Re: information request about

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mike A. Harris
ubject: RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux. Relax. Russel posted this to a public mailing list. Ok. I didn't mean to imply anything.. It just wasn't clear, and due to the nature of the discussion, it seemed that it might have been a private message.. TTYL -- Mike A. Harris - Linu

RE: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread George France
Hello Mike; Ok. I didn't mean to imply anything.. It just wasn't clear, and due to the nature of the discussion, it seemed that it might have been a private message.. No problem. I should have took more time in writing my e-mail and inserted the headers. Best Regards, --George - To

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By author:Russell King [EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel Alan Cox writes: now. IMHO, today he lost it, declaring that he was going to block all e-mails from Compaq, which means he can not recieve any more ARM Linux patches from us. I

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Eli Carter
Dan Hollis wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote: Alan Cox writes: So is there a URL with the whole discussion on. It looks like a fun read ? Have a look at the linux-arm-kernel archive at http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/ for the thread: Re:

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Alan Cox
heh. It'd go along very well with the current /.post: Kernel Fork for Big Iron? Posted by Hemos on Wednesday September 27, @04:01PM from the what-to-do dept. (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/09/27/191243mode=thread) *sigh* It amuses me that the

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Philipp Rumpf
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:30:13PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: Russ is 100% correct that different drivers shouldn't use the same device numbers, unless they are: a) mutually exclusive, b) interface compatible, *AND* c) handle all arbitration necessary. This doesn't handle the watchdog

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 02:30:13PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: For what it's worth, the SA1100 serial driver has been registered with me on the Low-Density Serial Ports major (204) as /dev/ttySA0-2 (minor 5-7). Russ is 100% correct that different drivers shouldn't use the same device

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Mark Hahn
him, but he has cut off all commutations. So starting tomorrow, we will be submitting patches directly to the kernel mailing list, since Russell will uh, this will be unpleasantly familiar to anyone who was reading the linux-usb mailing list in Dec 99, when George said, roughly "you are all so

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Erik Mouw
Russell King writes: George France writes: [snip] OK, so the flamewar landed over here. I have taken the role as flame fighter and I have written a summary which you can read at: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/flamewar.txt We are currently trying to solve this issue privately, so the

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Miles Lane
Well, this sucks. I am not sure how you both came to this impass, but it really is quite unacceptable. I think there are several problems here: No maintainer should cut off contribution from an entire company to a platform it intends to help support and implement. Usually these

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.

2000-09-27 Thread Alexander Viro
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Miles Lane wrote: Perhaps the Linux community should draft up some guidelines for the job of maintainer that would include some mechanism for replacing a maintainer who is not effectively shepherding his port. Since when it is decided by community? It's not a