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Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> >> I run gentoo x86 stable, so that I usually avoid this sort of thing. |
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> I am not suggesting that the vmware stuff should prevent releasing a |
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> kernel. I am suggesting that pages of |
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> cryptic and unusual output, not to mention warnings and deprecation |
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> from the kernel's own make is cause for users to worry about the |
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> kernel and wonder WTF. |
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I run 2.6.25-gentoo-r6 on many amd64 machines, and have not |
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noticed any significant issue or issues above the normal (as |
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I perceive) expected results. Kernel hackers all assume |
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we are their lab-rats, we exist for their tests.... |
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(Kind of jaded but from a firmware engineer it is par for the coarse). |
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This may be of little help to you, but, I fell better voicing |
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my beliefs, because I spend countless hours parsing up and down |
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device drivers and hardware issue, related to all kinds of firmware. |
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So just ignore my noise, but, do understand that pleasing the masses |
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is far from the goals of most kernel type hackers. The kernel is |
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full of very bright people that are paid by corporations, whose |
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goals are to make money. |
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Jaded (YES) Accurate (YES) useful (?). |
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James |
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