Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:29:07 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: dt71@gmx.com Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: new Xorg (KMS, etc.) for Radeon 9600 Message-ID: <CAJ-VmomiNusbzho-8EKHq-efTJVvDEJEKdt9%2Bn-5wjmx4hp9Kg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52B9F196.2070604@gmx.com> References: <527F95BE.7080908@gmx.com> <52B17777.6060703@FreeBSD.org> <CAJ-Vmo=_vHi_NG_3aOW00_aGwDV==wP-h6BNBx6DA0k-cA8zvw@mail.gmail.com> <201312231150.31936.jhb@freebsd.org> <52B9F196.2070604@gmx.com>
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On 24 December 2013 12:41, <dt71@gmx.com> wrote: > John Baldwin wrote, On 12/23/2013 17:50: > >> It needs fixing, but the fix needs to be correct. > > > Though a fix should not be delayed by decades... THe problem here is that a lot of people (and no offence to the patch author or other developers!) just go "UNLOCK; FOO; LOCK WORKS FOR ME" and moves on. 99% of the time it's working by magic, rather than working by intention. The trouble is that it's working, so there's no reason to invest the real time in fixing the poor locking in the first place. :) -a
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