Torvald wish that ARM SoC designers die

[qwertywarrior]

Torvalds' latest rant popped up on the Linux kernel mailing list, where he weighed in to a debate about ARM systems-on-a-chip (SoC) and how they need to be handled under Linux 3.12.

 

Linus responded to one request for changes as follows:

That was just warming up. His next paragraph suggested

 

 

“I still really despise the absolute incredible sh*t that is non-discoverable buses, and I hope that ARM SoC hardware designers all die in some incredibly painful accident.”

 

 

“So if you see any, send them my love, and possibly puncture the brake-lines on their car and put a little surprise in their coffee, ok?”

 

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/11/torvalds_suggests_poison_and_sabotage_for_arm_soc_designers/

[qwertywarrior]

wonder how non-discoverable buses are a pain

[KaareKanin]

It's hard to not like that man. 

 

It's also kinda funny that "our" Linus isn't the biggest Linus in tech

[coen113]

i dont really get this, please explain this to me?

[totjup5]

I agree with him on desktop platforms,but on mobile soc is good.

[qwertywarrior]

i dont really get this, please explain this to me?

> The main thing of note (or of potential annoyance factor) here is the

> handful of conflicts in PULL 2/3 coming from platform changes

> conflicting with driver changes going in to the V4L tree. I've listed

> them in detail in that pull request, and we will work with the

> platform maintainer on the workflow to avoid this in the future.

 

[stevv]

wonder how non-discoverable buses are a pain

 

I wonder too.  That article didn't haven any technical info... just another "rant" back at Torvald.

 

I'm guessing if it's non-discoverable, it would have to be hard coded all over the place.  So changes are a pain in the butt  :lol: .