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Message-ID: <yq0hd0sv9sk.fsf@jaguar.mkp.net> Date: 04 Aug 2006 10:46:03 -0400 From: Jes Sorensen <jes@....com> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> Cc: "linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Private driver support emails should be avoided. >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> writes: Jeff> Just a reminder to folks out there... Don't send private driver Jeff> support emails. Jeff> I receive a lot of email. A lot. Not as much as Linus or Jeff> Andrew probably, but still sizable. And quite regularly, I will Jeff> receive a private email asking for help on a SATA or net driver Jeff> problem. The poster will include various details on their Jeff> problem, and ask for help debugging the problem. While the Jeff> email will indeed be skimmed -- looking at a mass of bug Jeff> reports, one can better detect patterns -- the people seeking Jeff> support privately will almost NEVER RECEIVE A RESPONSE. Jeff, Very sane - I get some of it too, though less so these days :) What about writing this up and sticking it under Documentation/Reporting-Bugs or something so there's an easy reference to it? Cheers, Jes - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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