Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:22:03 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Onboard Intel NIC Message-ID: <200003271926.OAA18569@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200003271836.KAA16040@implode.root.com> References: <Your message of "Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:49:46 EST." <200003271754.MAA18212@etinc.com>
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> As for "thousands of people people suffering from a driver that is not >up-to-date", I think you are *way* overstating the breadth of the problem. >I'll also point out that hundreds of thousands of people find the fxp driver >a lifesaver and one of the best functioning network drivers in the source >tree. Your comments definately piss me off and definately provide for major >negative motivation as far as my interest in solving this problem is >concerned. Bludgeoning tactics like yours might sometimes work in business, >but they sure as hell don't work in free software development. > As said in previous mail, I'll implement a solution as soon as I can find >some time. I'm extremely busy these days and if I can somehow squeeze in some >quality development time inbetween multiple trips across te country, then >I will. Otherwise people will either have to use the patch I mailed out or >just wait. If you dont have time then perhaps someone else should do it. THATS the point. Its an important driver. People get upset when they can't run full-duplex mode. It makes linux MUCH more attractive when you can run your $39. card at twice the speed. Whether you are angry at me or not is no reason to punish the communiity. If you think that you are just doing this for me because I'm the only one with the nerve to complain then you dont understand your obligation to the user base. Plus I've already fixed it myself. So if you fix it its not for me at all. DB > >-DG > >David Greenman >Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org >Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com >Pave the road of life with opportunities. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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