Re: HEADSUP new usb code coming in.

* Wilko Bulte <wb_at_freebie.xs4all.nl> [080819 12:59] wrote:
> Quoting Alfred Perlstein, who wrote on Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:44:13PM -0700 ..
> > After a long period of review and testing I am on the verge of
> > committing Hans Peter's new usb stack to -current.
> > 
> > The patchset requires a SMALL _493_ line diff to the main code,
> > mostly bug fixes to arm.  And then a large number of new files
> > for the usb system.
> > 
> > The new usb system will be committed as separate files with
> > the intention of folding them over the old files before the
> > 9.0 release.
> > 
> > The diff to the main files is here:
> > http://mu.org/~bright/usb2/usb2_release_001.diff
> > 
> > The whole diff, including new files is here:
> > http://mu.org/~bright/usb2/usb4bsd.diff.gz
> > 
> > FAQ:
> > Q. Has this been reviewed?
> > A. Yes, pretty strongly by myself and we've consulted with
> > various others, Warner, Scott and Andrew for review/testing.
> > I wouldn't say that Warner or Scott have given full review
> > but just about all questions have been answered.
> > 
> > Q. Can we change the name from "usb2_" to my favorite name?
> > A. No.   This is for a short period, stop being so annoying.
> > 
> > Q. What about the old usb code?
> > A. What about it? :D
> > 
> > Q. What about ttys?
> > A. I don't know, we'll address the mpsafe aspects of ttys shortly,
> > Hans is very responsive to SMP issues.
> > 
> > Q. Shouldn't you wait?
> > A. Wait for what?  No.
> 
> Well, Robert *explicitely* asked to wait for the tty stuff from Ed
> to get into the tree.
> 
> Apparantly you are planning on simply ignoring that request?

I have acknowledged it, I don't find it necessary and am annoyed
by it.

I don't plan on side stepping it, but I do protest it, strongly as
just unneeded process.

I think I am entitled to an opinion and to gather support for my
opinions, right?

-- 
- Alfred Perlstein