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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:18:14 +0300 From: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com> To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Where did find_bus() go in 2.6.18? Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > Persistent as in: get down on your knees and say "please, please, pretty > > please"? > > no as in "listen to the code review feedback and fix things and then try > again" You can't do much listening if it's being ignored. > > AFAICT, code is being ignored/rejected for the mere reason that it's not > > considered useful; but who's to say what is useful and what's not? > > no things are being reject because they're not being *used*. > Subtle but important difference ;) > > But yes, you need to do a moderate amount of "selling" when submitting > code. For a driver that's easy usually, "this is a driver for device X" > and "sold" if the code is reasonable. > > For major subsystem changes... you need to explain why it's worth the > disruption. If you can't explain that... So now we have to be linguists? Some people don't have the ability to explain things easily(wordily); call it a disability, if you like. > -- > if you want to mail me at work (and no Mr Al Boldi, you really don't want > to), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com I was trying to do you a favor; anyway, is something forcing you to put that line into your sig? Thanks anyway! -- Al - 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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