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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:14:41 -0700
From: Brad Boyer <flar@...andria.com>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, paulus@...ba.org,
linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.
On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 08:12:48PM -0400, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 17:02 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > Sparc does the same thing, it's a common convention and you really
> > should not break it.
>
> I thought that argument was lost many years ago. It _used_ to be a
> common convention; we got better.
This argument was made and lost as you say. The problem is that the
resolution was a decision from on high. For the most part, everyone
kept their original opinion and nothing was truly resolved. I think
there was some resentment on the part of the losing side because
they felt their opinions weren't seriously considered. Please
correct me if my impressions of that were wrong. I was not directly
involved in such arguments at the time.
Brad Boyer
flar@...andria.com
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