From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 27 May 2002 07:20:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 27 May 2002 07:20:02 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([212.71.160.16]:24068 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 27 May 2002 07:20:00 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 13:19:52 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: davem@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tcallawa@redhat.com, colin@gibbs.dhs.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, aurora-sparc-devel@linuxpower.org Subject: Re: [aurora-sparc-devel] Re: 2.4 SRMMU bug revisited Message-ID: <20020527111951.GA1302@louise.pinerecords.com> In-Reply-To: <20020527092408.GD345@louise.pinerecords.com> <20020527.031732.95158135.davem@redhat.com> <20020527062044.GA6737@beth.pinerecords.com> <20020527.034039.120708891.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i X-OS: GNU/Linux 2.2.21 SMP X-Architecture: sparc X-Uptime: 3:29 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > %99 of people with sparc32 problems are totally unwilling (or unable) > > to help fix the bugs themselves, they merely whine. It gets a bit > > old after a while (which for me amount to roughly 7 years). > > Sure, I'm willing to try to write the fix if someone takes the time > to explain to me what's happening -- I'm quite fluent in C but know > nothing about the anatomy of the problem. > > See the part where I mention "unable". Whoa. Let me recapitulate: - first I provide feedback on patches. -> I'm told I'm not helping but merely whining. - then I offer to fix the problem myself given somebody explains what's going on in the code so that I at least know where to start and what to look for. -> I am told by DaveM to re-read a sentence by DaveM that seems to inform me that even if I'm willing to help, I'm likely not able to, anyway. Hello!! How exactly is *this* helping then? T.