On 05/04/2013 06:01 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Linux has really found its groove. > > When I first got involved in Linux, there was no PCI API (now called > the hotplug or device API), and patch submission was a moderately > painful process of throwing spaghetti at a wall: sending and > resending, with both Linus and maintainers having to manually resolve > merge conflicts. <shiver> > > It was a real fight to get any Linux hardware support at all. The > vast amount of hardware documentation was locked away or simply > unavailable. > > Working on memory management or filesystems or scheduling was always > the Sexy Rock Star PhD work that attracted engineers. OTOH, I felt, > device drivers were ignored as boring, unsexy grunt work. Which, ok, > maybe it was. Each new device driver, though, spread Linux to more > and greater locales. Alan Cox and Don Becker did enormous heavy > lifting back then. Now Linux is where it is today, with most hardware > vendors actively seeking open source driver support (except NVIDIA, > natch). The kernel has come a long way. > > Time for new open source pastures outside the kernel, for me. SATA is > slowly getting unexciting to the world. Which, really, just means the > brand new technology has reached a usable plateau. :) And maybe in a > few years, with directly attached PCI-NextGenSuperFastExpress storage, > ATA and SCSI will be distant memories. > > Until such time as block-based storage disappears from this earth, the > brave Sir Tejun, basically the libata co-author at this point, has > agreed to be a target for slings and arrows known as libata patches. > > All the best, > > Jeff > > All the best in your future projects Jeff. I'm sure your efforts have been appreciated. Regards Chris Jones -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) mQENBFF7bwcBCADREEkM0EcEvY6Zt3Zot5RWk5+a6qMZzj6Qf8tZnG2mjyb/NrOa ujQhakpkmUj2Cpf04jacEKnjxO5Bk6794QPoSelHAkLFol9XRO6j+94tp+21mrGL GRHppU8LGGCTrllIJOmKdx2dmqIfYKoRcLs/gA1z0ZrNNz+J3OrcWfDWfVz0eWg6 TeXn4PBAQYr8Ci1fF9/vwxeSQx3PGzJjlzKXsbx/etjICDVVkUAxYkEPbazV1LGx gwDlhCT5YWQQXdESIbUkQFAbCyglM/HkMNEm23AI/z4PhgjdHBCg8LeQTEUiO+a+ b1ypRMZRpn/je96/PE1ZP5TxaEhaimL+OA+dABEBAAG0JENocmlzIEpvbmVzIDxj aHJpc2pvbmVzQHNwaW4ubmV0LmF1PokBPgQTAQIAKAUCUXtvBwIbAwUJACdPGQYL CQgHAwIGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQxifpw+rbaJQQBwf+M+arauGqAtkA LP3Duk0FdDZ3cIbKST3oQd10eACdkH7fQibvtVadkiCeC7CbozSI50o+Snk8/Azd 5V32LkmzUcUEGrnx3B9oZlWMSKZFz5y1rN0YiplQwc4KLq1cSYOZFpVHUZ/ivcJn k+p+cuLWQrNUI5kiFV+x6lOKIkKgmMrmuKxbwYskPPtE1DIJ7Qh8H/N9aTJ34KAD +O4dMwDlA2dYDoQYmyCMcly6W6NdPQmww1XX5qmY+obokScIJE5mYUyiFz0kiN6C NsosjMsUxbrNEPjAfzyU5Y+LqffYJzgyTjlORRqldZU6IDhsmtyDBoshGQFAEm6W dRQOrNYx6A== =FJFi -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
