Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:51:13 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quality of FreeBSD Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050721153750.0851fab0@64.7.153.2> In-Reply-To: <20050721192613.GA61902@FS.denninger.net> References: <200507211803.j6LI34dV005050@ferens.net> <20050721194500.W9208@fledge.watson.org> <20050721192613.GA61902@FS.denninger.net>
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At 03:26 PM 21/07/2005, Karl Denninger wrote:
>Ok, Robert, but then here's the question....
>
>How come the ATA code which was very stable in 4.x was screwed with in a
>production release, breaking it, with no path backwards to the working
>code?
I understand your frustration, but others would argue if the changes were
not made that would say (and have) "How come modern and common hardware
like XXXX do not work with FreeBSD. The driver is old and unmaintained and
does not support feature YYYYY." I dont see Soren's work as "screwing with
production drivers" as opposed to him re-writing them to take advantage of
modern hardware designs. Unfortunately along the way some things might
break. They have for me, but that sometimes happens in open source (and
commercial code too for that matter).
---Mike
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