Re: Bug#160507: hotplug: module removal makes shutdown take a long time and sometimes triggers Oops...
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Russell Coker wrote:
> Please try and be serious.
I am. Bugs are bugs, and should be fixed, not swept under the rug.
> Re-writing large parts of the kernel and the user-space utilities to match is
> a serious task. Even when it is complete we will still be supporting the old
> code for a long time (we still support 2.2 kernels now).
Of course it is. I never said otherwise.
That doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.
> Making a one line change to a script is an easy thing to do and can be done
> now with no pain.
>
> Adam, if I was to take your approach then I would close most bugs filed
> against LILO with the message "get a new BIOS and it'll all work".
>
> In fact if I used your line of reasoning then I expect I could close most bugs
> filed against my packages (and also save myself a lot of development time
> that currently goes into work-arounds for bugs in other people's code). With
> that development time spent on fixing other bugs instead I could probably get
> all bugs against all my packages closed.
I never said not to remove the line that removes modules. I just said not to
remove that support from the kernel.
Stop putting words in my mouth.
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