linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/24] drivers/block/floppy.c cleanups

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Message-ID: <87fx5yh0va.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:47:53 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/24] drivers/block/floppy.c cleanups

Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:

> Since Stephen Hemminger is a bit too busy to do much with this
> I've broken up the first large patch into multiple pieces and
> brought the rest up to current.

Philosophically I'm not sure it's that great an idea to make bad code
look better without actually fixing/rewriting it. It's like putting
lipstick on a pig.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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