Re: [SLUG] Partitioning (Again?!)

From: Smitty (a.smitty@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Sep 19 2002 - 18:08:53 EDT


On Thursday 19 September 2002 14:31, you wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 13:55, Smitty wrote:
> > Please be specific about what you mean by "crap". Who exactly made such
> > statements and were they based on firsthand experience?
>
> I'll just say that the kernel developers refused to merge Promise's code
> into the main kernel codebase because "it was crap". That included
> Linus, Alan and Andre IIRC. Take that how you will.

O.K. but at the same time they Should offer some suggestions of how to rewrite
the drivers into well-structured code, if indeed the criticisms were made.
>
> Nothing personal by me - if it works for you, great! Just pointing out
> what I've heard about the code from Promise.



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