Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices

[Matthias Andree]

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Horst von Brand wrote:

> In the end, I'd only say that I've been on LKML for a long, long time
> (since it started, more or less). And each single time the head hackers
> agreed on something, and there was a single dissenter, the dissenter was in
> the wrong. Sure, this time could be different, but I have seen absolutely
> no (yes, _no_) evidence here to the contrary.

There _are_ cases where a kernel patch sneaked to a subsystem maintainer
has made it even when some of the "heads" said it was impossible.

The key is convincing a subsystem maintainer that the patch helps and
doesn't hurt. And that doesn't work with a rant and can sometime take a
kernel patch to show how it works.  A decent patch with a more decent
description works wonders - usually.

-- 
Matthias Andree

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