[Gllug] Ted T'so's Talk

[Kieran Barry]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2001 john.hearns at framestore.co.uk wrote:

> Simon Trimmer wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 10 Aug 2001 john.hearns at framestore.co.uk wrote:
> > > Probably the comments he made about the SCSI system
> > > needing a rewrite!
> > 
> > Again?!? :)
> > 
> > I quite like the current midlayer code... any idea what he was getting at,
> > was it regarding hotplugging scsi devices or something else?
> > 
> 
> It was part of a generla discussion on the use of software engineering
> techniques to kernel development.

He was discussing the advantages of open-source development. 

Broadly, open source is really quick about finding and fixing bugs.

OTOH, creating an open source project is only the first step: there
needs to be a critical mass of developers. There is also a need for
people to do grunt work (documentation, redesigns and re-writes) which
are time consuming and non-glamorous.

SCSI came up here. Ted recalled a conversation 5 or so years ago where
there was agreement that the SCSI codebase was a crock which needed
re-writing from scratch.

Allegedly, it still does.
(I have no personal knowledge here.)

Regards

Kieran


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