From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:52:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:52:05 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-195-162-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.195.162.81]:58378 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:51:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:51:10 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Linus Torvalds cc: John Heil , Alan Cox , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > It works perfectly and exactly as it is defined to work by the rules. > > Getting the rules correct == 'the concept of "working"'. > > Don't be silly. > > You're entirely ignoring the concept of hardware bugs. Which is one very > likely reason for this whole discussion in the first place. First you get the access correct and assume no bugs, round one. After this is fixed, then you address the "hardware bugs" by execption rules and not the basic premis, the endless round. Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/