Re: [PATCH] arm: ioperm use /proc/sys not sysctl

["Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at systemhalted dot org>]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> Are there people here who actually care about glibc functioning well?

I do.

> My apologies if this comes off rude. ?But I am rather insulted by a
> response that seems to be saying I am not good enough to talk to you,
> and you won't even take your patch as a starting place for a
> discussion on how to make something work properly.

I apologize, it was not my intent to insult. I only wanted to point
out that there are standards for submissions to glibc.

Thanks for the submission.

> I sent the patch because that function is the only significant user of
> sys_sysctl on linux. ?This reception makes me regret I sent the patch.
> If a blow off is all I am going to get, well sysctl goes away in
> September 2010 and I wish you well with the pieces.

It certainly wasn't meant as a blow-off, other developers have
responded to your question.

One of my roles in the community is to point people at the appropriate
bits of documentation that define what you need to get a patch
accepted.

Cheers,
Carlos.