Re: PUBLIC CHALLENGE: (was RE: devfs again, (was RE: USB device a

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:59:25 -0700 (PDT)

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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Horst von Brand wrote:
> > Dan Hollis [mailto:goemon@sasami.anime.net] said:
> > >Check the devfs *code*, Horst. Then tell us CONFIG_DEVFS handling is badly
> > >implemented. Please don't play these silly theoretical semantics games.
> It was claimed that something that was CONFIG_XXX=N could never affect
> excisting code. Furthermore, a newbie would be able to fix the kernel in
> half an hour. Well, the newbie might screw up, or the CONFIG_XXX could be
> implemented wrong, or there might me subtle interactions that get broken by
> the included/excluded code.

Again, CHECK THE CODE BEFORE MAKING ASSERTIONS. Otherwise, we can't take
your claims seriously.

-Dan

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