Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:35:13 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI DMA lockups in 3.2 (3.3 maybe?) Message-ID: <199912061735.JAA70541@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912041823460.94804-100000@hub.freebsd.org> <199912050514.VAA58998@apollo.backplane.com> <3849FD95.F0434263@softweyr.com> <199912050646.WAA59445@apollo.backplane.com> <384B228D.FFE9728@softweyr.com>
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:Matthew Dillon wrote:
:> :
:> :All running software has serious problems, that's why it is never considered
:> :done. Taking the time to enumerate specific problems that are currently
:> :plaguing an installation is the only way anyone can possibly hope to help.
:> :Problems reports of "It don't work" are helpful to absolutely noone.
:>
:> This simply isn't true. I have written plenty of software (large
:> projects) that do not have serious problems and, in fact, some do not
:> have any known problems at all. I have written several operating systems
:> and one of them is least as complex as the FreeBSD core (but not as
:> complex if you count drivers) which are bug-free (that is, there have
:> been no recorded crashes and except for feature updates have never been
:> rebooted).
:
:So you haven't discovered the rest of the bugs in the system. Software
:is created by humans, and humans are fallible, therefore the software
:is also fallible. Any claims of divinity on your part will be summarily
:rejected.
:
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: "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
:
:Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
You are missing the point big time, Wes. Just because you can make
the statement that "no software is without bugs" does not justify
having software that has a *LOT* of bugs. It is possible to write
robust software. Would you rather have Windows?
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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