linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] Major 2.6.38 / 2.6.39 / 3.0 regression ignored?

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Message-ID: <CADU53JVXiX2v+5N-VP8mz6vnxF60BYYXKV_PZQdd_U+qM5Gd6A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:56:01 -0700
From:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
To:	Kirill Smelkov <kirr@....spb.ru>
Cc:	Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@...il.com>,
	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Luke-Jr <luke@...hjr.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] Major 2.6.38 / 2.6.39 / 3.0 regression ignored?

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Kirill Smelkov <kirr@....spb.ru> wrote:
> Quite frankly, I don't understand intel-gfx developers attitude: why is
> it me, just random user who is nitpicking here? Why there is no
> interest/will to analyze now obviously buggy/duplicate code and fix it?

Because they don't have an infinite amount of manpower. Actual bugs
hitting actual users take precedence over 'cleanups' which always have
a chance of causing regressions, as you're well aware. Code churn for
the sake of abstract prettiness is discouraged, as it has a potential
cost for little potential gain.

If you like, submit a patch. You may now be more up-to-date on those
particular code paths than most of the intel-gfx developers.
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