eepro100 1.0.3 patch

[John Cawley]

Linus,

>From your discussion on the eepro driver:

Thank you for your rigorous standards vis-a-vis the driver.

I wouldn't dispute that you have an appropriately personal stake in the
quality of the code, and that this is a powerful motivator.

On the frequent occasions that I have loaded various distributions, I
have always appreciated the fact that eepro driver was available.  For
that, however, I have silently thanked Donald Becker, not you.


You started something wonderful; it would be a shame if you were harder
than you needed to be on someone doing the same.

Respectfully,

John Cawley
 

Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
> To: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com>
> cc: Donald Becker <becker@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
>         linux-eepro100@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov
> Subject: Re: eepro100 1.0.3 patch
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> On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> >
> >       Trying to build a kernel with the eepro100.c you sent to the
> >       list fails under linux-2.0.35 & alan's pre-2.0.36-14 patches.
> >       With :
> 
> It's never going to work with 2.0.x, there's no point in even trying. I
> should have made that clear, sorry.
> 
> I also had another hang on my machine once it booted, so I'm starting to
> get ready to give up on the new driver again until somebody sends me
> something that seems to work.
> 
>                 Linus

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