From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 04:19:18 +0000 Message-ID: <20141202041918.Horde.68CjSNXV5HbzSqOWO-gytQ1@ssl.eumx.net> From: Kurt H Maier To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <1417410858.1852249.197150289.78A68333@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1417423412.1914203.197194673.02F8E8C7@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20141202005623.Horde.7OYyDZ5A8-3_91Rj2J4RKw1@ssl.eumx.net> <20141202040306.Horde.F9NrkN7urXV8lomBO7R6OA1@ssl.eumx.net> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H5 (6.2.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] Porting plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 31b931fc-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Quoting erik quanstrom : > > while i don't agree that u-boot is nice, i do agree with steve's point, > which i understood to be that hardware is messy, and it's hard to write > software that isn't a tad messy to deal with this. steve has a lot > of experience > with hardware, and knows what he's talking about. > > - erik I took Steve's point to be that I don't get to have an opinion because he's never seen me in his playground before, but I figured it would be more productive to focus on the fact that uboot sucks rather than an exercise in disregarding personal experience because Steve told me to. khm