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- From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds)
- Subject: Re: Suggest inclusion of the QIC-02 driver
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.003832.18546@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- References: <BzF1I9.2sI@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> <1992Dec21.144609.18404@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> <1992Dec21.222115.28392@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:38:32 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- >> >I second inclusion of the QIC-02 driver!
- >> I third inclusion of QIC-02 driver (for Archive/Wangtek).
- >I vote for inclusion of the QIC-02 driver (for Archive/Wangtek).
-
- Guidelines to get something included into the standard kernel follows.
- They are just general suggestions, and have nothing to do with the QIC
- driver, other than explain why it won't help however many people posts
- to the newsgroup about it..
-
- Q: I want something included into the kernel. How do I do it?
-
- A: Write nice code. Make sure it's a feature I people (me) actually
- wants, and tell me about it by mail.
-
- I need the *author* to tell me about it - I'll largely ignore any
- requests from anybody else. The reasons are:
-
- - that tells me clearly that the person who wrote the code really
- wants it as a part of the standards kernel. Under some
- circumstances, somebody may want to write code that he/she isn't
- quite willing to make part of the "real" linux distribution for
- one reason or another, even if he/she makes it available for
- beta-testing.
-
- - The author usually knows the limitations of his code best, and may
- not feel it's really ready for general consumption.
-
- - I can get the newest version, as well as start up communication
- with the author if there are questions or comments.
-
- Also note that it may not be enough just to drop me a short note
- about it: I get quite enough mail as it is, so if it for some reason
- or another doesn't catch my eye, I'll probably just ignore it. Don't
- count on me remembering about things: if things haven't happened in a
- week, mail me again.
-
- Finally, the timing is pretty bad right now: I wouldn't count on any
- new features (especially features that I cannot test) before there is
- a 1.0 release that works.
-
- So don't panic, I'm sure the QIC driver will make it into the kernel
- eventually.
-
- Linus
-