Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 21:46:40 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys bus.h bus_private.h src/sys/kern subr_bus.c Message-ID: <200007032046.VAA00434@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> of "Mon, 03 Jul 2000 20:53:51 %2B0200." <7958.962650431@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> In message <Pine.BSF.4.20.0007031848170.21619-100000@localhost>, Nick Hibma wri
> tes:
> >
> >I take offence to this message. The arrogance displayed in the last
> >paragraph is astonishing.
> >
> >Second, I require that the manpage for device_set_softc contains a
> >sentence that indicates that the softc needs only be set in cases where
> >the softc provided by newbus does not give the driver the required
> >flexiblity (*).
>
> You're wasting your breath. You can require all you want, you can
> take all the offence you want: "it ain't gonna make no difference".
>
> FreeBSD delivers tools, not policy. This includes the policy on
> softc use in device drivers you seem to advocate.
Message-id: <19990831232606.5501315475@hub.freebsd.org>
Subject: Committer rules: FINAL DRAFT
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:26:06 -0700 (PDT) (Wed 00:26 BST)
From: jkh@FreeBSD.ORG (Jordan K. Hubbard)
> The Rules:
>
> 1. Respect other committers.
[.....]
May I suggest that you (phk) commit the man page asap and that you
(Nick) add the required clause ?
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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