On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:35:59 -0500 "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> "Phillip" == Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Phillip> On 12/03/2014 10:24 PM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > >> Well. It's a bit stronger than wishful thinking given that OEM > >> product requirements documents and supply contracts make it so. But > >> it is not something we can get in writing. > > Phillip> OEM product requirements documents and supply contracts sound > Phillip> like forms of writing to me. > > Except they are not forms of writing that we as a community have access > to. Thats true of many things we reply upon. I assume it's something vaguely of the form Vendor A has agreed with Oracle that drive identity X will do this and meet some certification so Oracle can approve it for databases Oracle has agreed to break vendor A's legs if it doesn't Oracle would rather like that the kernel just knows about this drive as being good, based on the above. In which case IMHO it's good enough. "Do not p*ss off a major customer" is probably more watertight than a lot of signed paper things 8) Alan -- 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
