From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 09:48:31 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F8E16A4CE for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:48:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com (webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B88C243D68 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:48:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fteg@london.com) Received: from unknown (unknown [192.168.9.180])7BEA518001AB for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:48:30 +0000 (GMT) X-OB-Received: from unknown (205.158.62.49) by wfilter.us4.outblaze.com; 11 May 2005 09:48:30 -0000 Received: by ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5EA974BEAD; Wed, 11 May 2005 09:48:30 +0000 (GMT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 2.117 (F2.6; A1.17; B2.12; Q2.03) Received: from [213.187.181.70] by ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com with http for fteg@london.com; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:48:30 -0500 X-Mailer: mail.com webmail From: "Fafa Hafiz Krantz" To: "Clifton Royston" Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 04:48:30 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 213.187.181.70 X-Originating-Server: ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com Message-Id: <20050511094830.5EA974BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> cc: arch@freebsd.org cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Stephen McKay Subject: Re: A beautiful dmesg! Maybe one day? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 09:48:31 -0000 Clifton! I've never read a better e-mail. Thank you for your words, wise man. I've been inspired now. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clifton Royston" To: "Fafa Hafiz Krantz" Subject: Re: A beautiful dmesg! Maybe one day? Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:23:52 -1000 >=20 > On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 01:18:36PM -0500, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > ... > > Real memory =3D 100663296 (96 MB) > > Available memory =3D 93036544 (88 MB) > > > > Doesn't. > > > > > As you suggested, I compared these with diff, ignoring the gratuitous > > > spacing modification using "diff -b". > > > > In the end, I don't think I can consider even one of your changes to > > > be an improvement. The closest you came to a useful change was the > > > capitalisation of "Real memory", but that's hardly necessary, and > > > the accompanying change to the next line upsets the formatting. > > > > Ofcourse it doesn't improve the functionality. > > And I get the feeling that's what you're all about. >=20 > Indeed, you understand correctly. Functionality is exactly what the > BSD family of OSs is all about. >=20 > Most kernel developers are busy with activities like improving system > performance on multi-CPU systems, increasing OS reliability with SATA > drives, and other activities of a deep and essential nature. I don't > generally tell the kernel developers what to do, because I know that > they know their own knowledge domain far better than I do. >=20 > [...] > > > In short, I think you should find some other way to pretty up your Fr= eeBSD > > > boot. As suggested earlier, try "man splash". > > > > Again, I want it to look correct. >=20 > The appearance is a matter of personal taste, and "de gustibus non > disputandum." Your claim that your personal preference is "correct" > does not cause other people to prefer it. >=20 > It should be clear by now that you are getting nowhere trying to > persuade others to implement this for you, so your only course is to > implement it yourself. If these changes matter a great deal to you, I > suggest you invest the sweat to change it on your own system. You have > all the sources, you have the power. If you don't know how yet, you > have the opportunity to learn. If you succeed and post public patches > to do it, then others can share the changes if they wish, and you will > get some smidgen of positive recognition and credibility. >=20 > If this matters so much to you, it should be worth your effort. >=20 > If you are incapable of making these changes, then your preferences > will get some smidgin less weight, as there will be that much less > evidence that your opinions should be valued. The open source world is > largely a meritocracy and technocracy; this is not to say that > "politics" and opinions play no part, but generally speaking "working > code wins." >=20 > Mostly people in the OSS world take it for granted that others > understand this, which may be why nobody has told you this in so many > words before now. >=20 > -- Clifton >=20 > -- > Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com > Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect > "I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green > And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide..." > -- 'Whip-Smart', Liz Phair -- Fafa Hafiz Krantz Research Designer @ http://www.home.no/barbershop Enlightened @ http://www.home.no/barbershop/smart/sharon.pdf --=20 ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm