Netgpu and the hazards of proprietary kernel modules

Re:Netgpu and the hazards of proprietary kernel modules by kabdib on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:53PM (#24161796)

> "Seriously? If you only even considered this is something reasonable to do > you should not be anywhere near Linux kernel development. Just go away!"

A response like this would get you a serious talkin' to at just about any place I've worked. Possibly fired, if it was consistent behavior.

I don't care if you're Donald Knuth, Dennis Ritchie and Edgar Djikstra all rolled into one, act like a jerk and you're off of my Christmas list.

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Re:Netgpu and the hazards of proprietary kernel modules by stefan_ on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:52PM (#24162467)

So what do you get for trying to upstream an entirely useless patchset that exists purely as a GPL workaround to enable the ever-proprietary NVIDIA driver? Do you realize that's spitting into the face of the very people trying to drive open-source software across the entire stack?

Greg KH called this trolling, and he isn't one to mindlessly throw around insults.

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Re:Netgpu and the hazards of proprietary kernel modules by microtherion on Saturday August 15, 2020 @03:01PM (#24171347)

Besides, I'm confident that Knuth would never say something like that, and Ritchie was not known for such antics, either, to my knowledge.

Dijkstra would probably have said something like that, though he'd have crafted a pithier way of saying it.

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Re:Netgpu and the hazards of proprietary kernel modules by spoopyskelly on Saturday August 15, 2020 @06:45AM (#24167889)

They should put participation awards in the Code of Conduct.

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Re:Netgpu and the hazards of proprietary kernel modules by nix23 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @04:44AM (#24167168)

That is on point, Thanks.

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