Re: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog

From: Patrick McFarland
Date: Wed Jun 01 2005 - 11:06:53 EST


On Wednesday 01 June 2005 11:11 am, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> I did define this model 19 years ago when I did write the first
> Generic SCSI driver at all. Adaptec indepentently did develop ASPI
> 2 years later and did chose the same address model. Nearly all
> OS use this kind (or a very similar model) internaly inside the kernel
> or the basic SCSI address routines.

That doesn't mean its the right model. Infact, for being 20 years old /and/
the first, it stands to be the absolutely worst model. Linus and crew have
every right to do something new.

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