linux-kernel - Re: Rewriting floppy.c was Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

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Message-ID: <20070201171325.GD10050@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 1 Feb 2007 17:13:25 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rewriting floppy.c was Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 02:12:22PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On 31 Jan 2007 11:08:14 +0100, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> >Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> writes:
> >>
> >> What?  Throw a fresh-faced newbie instantly into the tar-pit of despair
> >> that floppy.c is?  Do you want everyone just to run screaming from
> >> kernel development never to be seen again?
> 
> floppy.c is not really that ugly or complicated...
> 
> It just needs some care:
> 
> * cleanup of the over-usage of macros (DP macro etc)
> * DocBook documentation would be nice
> * make debugging printks optional by using macros in a smart way
>  (see libata code for examples)
> * tracking and fixing current regressions
 
* piece of shit FSM buried in various continuation methods.
* one hell of a problem with regression testing.
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