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Date:      Sat, 04 Dec 1999 18:22:12 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PCI DMA lockups in 3.2 (3.3 maybe?)
Message-ID:  <3849BE44.EF52448C@softweyr.com>
References:  <41264.944342473@zippy.cdrom.com> <199912042149.NAA57545@apollo.backplane.com>

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Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> :
> :> There was a time that when someone reported a problem there was interest in
> :> finding out what it might be.
> :
> :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
> 
>     This is complete bullshit.  Read through the thread from day 1...
>     starting around Nov 20th.

Matt, this thread is a LOT older than Nov 20th, it runs for YEARS.  Dennis
said the same things about 2.2 vs. 2.1.5 at the very least.  A few years
later when he finally got his driver sorted out for 2.2, it became the 
best thing since sliced bread and now 3.x is nothing but crap.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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