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Message-ID: <472FA475.5030106@garzik.org>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:17:09 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git patches] Add and use media change notification
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> The end to CD-ROM polling... newer SATA ATAPI hardware will emit
>> 'asynchronous notification' events when media is changed. This adds
>> support.
>
> I *really* didn't want to pull this.
>
> Not only is it after the -rc1 period, but I also think you pushed this ina
> really offensive manner, and I don't like how you and James have made this
> whole thing personal. You guys need to sort it out, and there is no way
> you can blame James for all your troubles, since I've heard the same kind
> of complaints about every single maintainer out there (including you)
> about some driver or other infrastructure issue.
>
> So I'm unhappy about pulling this.
>
> That said, I did finally decide to just pull it. Partly because the
> concept apparently has been in -mm for a while anyway (even if the final
> patch has not - but the patch itself isn't that large, I'd worry more
> about thngs like certain hardware simply not doing things right), but
> mostly because I hate it when others hold up driver features, and I
> decided that in this case this really is something that is better done
> earlier rather than later, to get exposure as soon as possible.
>
> But I really think you need to lay off James, and help him rather than
> make every single complaint a big flame-war!
>
> Please, Jeff?
Fair enough...
Jeff
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