netdev - Re: Splitting e1000 (Was: Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5 ?)

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Message-ID: <46912808.4010408@garzik.org>
Date:	Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:08:08 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Grover <andy.grover@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jason Lunz <lunz@...lexsecurity.com>,
	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Splitting e1000 (Was: Re: e1000: backport ich9 support from 7.5.5
 ?)

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> I think rather than having a meta-discussion, which always seems to degenerate
> into finger pointing. Let's look at the code. The problem with popular drivers
> (as I too well know) is that user's seem to find every wart.  There are lots of
> old drivers that never seem to get the same scrutiny, and if they did would
> be tarred and feathered.


"it's not as scruffy as that driver in the corner" is no way to maintain 
a kernel.

	Jeff


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