linux-kernel - Re: [patch] scsi: revert "[SCSI] Get rid of scsi

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Message-ID: <19438.1199739038@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:50:38 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch] scsi: revert "[SCSI] Get rid of scsi_cmnd->done"

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:08:13 +0100, Willy Tarreau said:

> even slightly annoying, we never get it. Have you noticed the number of
> "me too" on the list ? Users find any sort of excuse for not having filed
> a report in the first time, but are still willing to confirm another
> one's bug. That's normal, they're just humans after all.

Personally, I've lost count of the number of times I've *not* reported a
bug/oops just because of the "NVidia users this means you" statement, only
to have the exact same issue reported several weeks/months later by somebody
who's able to replicate it with an untainted kernel.

>  'lsmod|more' in a shell window. If you do not know how to run without
>   those drivers, please still file the report, it may still be considered
>  valuable, but you may be recontacted and guided to unload them."

Exactly.

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