Re: pci-skeleton duplex check

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"Donald" == Donald Becker [off-list ref] writes:

    Donald> The drivers in the kernel are now heavily modified and have significantly
    Donald> diverged from my version.  Sure, you are fine with having someone else
    Donald> do the difficult and unrewarding debugging and maintainence work, while
    Donald> you work on just the latest cool hardware, change the interfaces and are
    Donald> concerned only with the current kernel version.

  I agree strongly with Donald.

  Interfaces should NEVER change in patch level versions.
  Just *DO NOT DO IT*.

  Go wild in odd-numbered.. get the interfaces right there.
  But leave them alone afterward.
  
  This is a fundamental tenant of being professional. Otherwise, the kernel
people are the biggest reason I've ever seen for using *BSD.
  Microsoft is not the real enemy. Gratuitous change is.

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On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 07:19:47PM -0500, Michael Richardson wrote:

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"Donald" == Donald Becker [off-list ref] writes:

    Donald> The drivers in the kernel are now heavily modified and have significantly
    Donald> diverged from my version.  Sure, you are fine with having someone else
    Donald> do the difficult and unrewarding debugging and maintainence work, while
    Donald> you work on just the latest cool hardware, change the interfaces and are
    Donald> concerned only with the current kernel version.

  I agree strongly with Donald.

  Interfaces should NEVER change in patch level versions.
  Just *DO NOT DO IT*.

  Go wild in odd-numbered.. get the interfaces right there.
  But leave them alone afterward.

Umm, if I recall correctly, they're rehashing a flame war about stuff
that occurred in 2.3. It doesn't need any additional kindling.

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