linux-kernel - Re: + stupid-hack-to-make-mainline-build.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-ID: <45EF044C.2080307@goop.org>
Date:	Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:28:28 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	tglx@...utronix.de, Dan Hecht <dhecht@...are.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	ak@...e.de,
	Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: + stupid-hack-to-make-mainline-build.patch added to -mm tree

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> /For you/ it's certainly no big deal, you dont have to fix it up and you 
> dont have to keep it flexible ;)
>   

How flexible does it need to be?  Its a simple time source and event
driver.  How flexible does the pit driver need to be?  It's just a small
leaf node hanging off a large existing piece of kernel infrastructure.

> and really, i'm not expecting miracles, i've never seen any hardware 
> vendor argue /against/ support for their own hardware =B-)
>   

And since when has it been kernel policy to argue against including a
well written, self-contained, vendor-provided driver for a piece of
hardware?

    J
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