Re: PATCH: Raw device IO for 2.1.131

MOLNAR Ingo (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:02:14 +0100 (CET)


On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> Possibly. But the two are driven by slightly different things. Thats actually
> one of the good thing about Linus not working for a company so the main tree
> stays "purist" and "done right".

i have to disagree here, 'purist' and 'done right' are two completely
different things :) While the main tree _tries_ to be 'done right', if it
was 'purist', we'd be still in 1991, discussing the theoretical
cleanliness of allowing x86 segmentation into a generic microkernel OS ;)

-- mingo

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