Quotes of the week

Since I've sent already a RFC about it, I am sending now a RFD. If you eager for meaning, this can then be a "Request for Doctors", since Peter [Zijlstra] is likely to have a heart attack now.

Here is an example of a PGA (Pin Grid Array) chip seen from underneath:

        A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H
      +---+
   8  | o | o   o   o   o   o   o   o
      |   |
   7  | o | o   o   o   o   o   o   o
      |   |
   6  | o | o   o   o   o   o   o   o
      +---+---+
   5  | o | o | o   o   o   o   o   o
      +---+---+               +---+
   4    o   o   o   o   o   o | o | o
                              |   |
   3    o   o   o   o   o   o | o | o
                              |   |
   2    o   o   o   o   o   o | o | o
      +-------+-------+-------+---+---+
   1  | o   o | o   o | o   o | o | o |
      +-------+-------+-------+---+---+

This is not tetris. The game to think of is chess.

We invested a year trying to be good Linux citizens, laying out our initial plans, following the rules, working transparently, folding in feedback, submitting hundreds of patches in plain sight of everyone and now folks are asking about our plan. Our plan is get the brcmsmac and brcmfmac into mainline and keep following that up with new features, new chips and continuing support.