From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 4 13:22: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D20A151A7; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 13:21:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA41268; Sat, 4 Dec 1999 13:21:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) To: Dennis Cc: Mike Smith , Kris Kennaway , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI DMA lockups in 3.2 (3.3 maybe?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 04 Dec 1999 11:34:39 EST." Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 13:21:13 -0800 Message-ID: <41264.944342473@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > There was a time that when someone reported a problem there was interest in > finding out what it might be. Bah, this is a shameless attempt to inflame emotions as a substitute for having an actual logical point and you know it. Save it for the presidential debates! There is ALWAYS interest in finding out what a problem is when it's reported in such a way that the effort is worth the potential reward. Having someone walk up and say, in effect, "Dudes, your system is broken. Fix it!" is a content-free statement and does not qualify as reasonable reporting by any stretch of the imagination, so it's not worth any effort at all. There are plenty of more substantive bug reports that require our attention. What's more, you know this full well yourself having been on the sticky end of tech support more than once and you're just being deliberately annoying and difficult now for reasons best known to yourself. It's disheartening to realize that even people who know better can still behave as Dennis has been behaving in this sad excuse for constructive feedback so far. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message