From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 17:59:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 17:59:10 -0400 Received: from mailout01.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.80]:11963 "EHLO mailout01.sul.t-online.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 17:59:10 -0400 To: Karim Yaghmour Cc: Larry McVoy , yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Roman Zippel , David Woodhouse , "Albert D. Cahalan" , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 May 2002 17:45:50 EDT." <3CF1578E.774DF802@opersys.com> Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 23:58:31 +0200 Message-Id: <20020526215836.412A611972@denx.denx.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In message <3CF1578E.774DF802@opersys.com> Karim Yaghmour wrote: > > I don't feel the need to impress you Larry, but I do actually expect to > obtain actual answers as Victor himself promissed and I would invite > everyone wanting to hear those answers to speak up. A definitive statement from Victor would indeed be VERY helpful. Maybe we all are just mis-interpreting him. Victor: It cannot be _that_ difficult to reply to each of Karim's questions with a clear "Yes" or "No". Please reply! Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. - W. K. Clifford, British philosopher, circa 1876