Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 22:45:49 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI DMA lockups in 3.2 (3.3 maybe?) Message-ID: <3849FC0D.E29DF371@softweyr.com> References: <41264.944342473@zippy.cdrom.com> <199912042149.NAA57545@apollo.backplane.com> <3849BE44.EF52448C@softweyr.com> <199912050453.UAA58889@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> :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.
> :
> :Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
>
> If you base your opinion on something a person has done years ago then
> absolutely *nothing* he can do will change your opinion. If you then
> perpetuate the problem by using that as the basis for a continuing opinion,
> and use that to color your every reply, then you create a self-fullfilling
> prophesy. The only person you have to blame in that type of situation is
> yourself, since you are the only one who can change it.
Oh hell, how did I manage to fall into alt.philosophy.est? Wait a minute,
this *is* freebsd-hackers. It's *you* who is off topic, and off base.
As penance, you get to go read everything ever posted to a freebsd mailing
list by JMJr.
People do change, and I continually await improvement from the lot of 'em.
I'm rarely pleasantly surprised.
--
"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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