You made it all up.
<zeurk...@volny.cz> wrote: > theo wrote: > > That is a rewriting of history. > > It's history the way meknows it. Mecertainly predates some of it. > > > The disklabel format predates the PC. > > Indeed. Mewasn't sure where and when exactly it appeared, so meleft that > bit out. But medid know it was older, and metried to communicate that > fact (obviously mefailed -- meapologizes). > > > It came from the the ancient attempt to handle things in CSRG's > > 4.3reno/4.4 work on the hp300. It was probably a rewrite of the > > native HPUX disk format. > > Hmm, hp300, eh? > > > This was then put on all the other architectures, as a unified > > view of the disk. It was modified and extended on as as-needed > > basis. > > > > Rewriting the history like this is pathetic inaccurate and > > narrowminded. Your history is absolutely false and you've made > > up a bunch of balony. > > So, what did memake up? Did mepresent a timeline? An exact order of > events? Did mepresent a scientific study? Or didmejust try to give an > overview of things in terms that Groot (and many others, mesuspects) may > just understand? > > > It is not true, and even a elementary > > review of the history of disklabel.h back into the early NetBSD > > tree will make it clear what's going on. > > Like mesaid, it's the history the way meknows it. Me's not a bloody > authority on the history of either BSD or the IBM pee-cee, *at all*. > > Perhaps meshould've made that clearer. > > > OH, and I did most of the early work post-CSRG, because we needed > > to "emulate" this on SunOS, and I ported Torek's sparc code into > > NetBSD. > > Mehas _no doubt at all_ that you know BSD (including its history) better > than me (that is, of course, an understatement). > > > I urge you to stop posting such balony. > > Then it's me turn to urge you to not read me overview as an historical > account of any exactness. > > After all, the goal, for me, was trying to help Groot understand the > relationships he sought clarification for. > > Perhaps meindeed should've included a disclaimer. Then again, mehas no > offical role here (nor does mewant one), and in no way are me words to > be taken for the one and universal truth. > > Can we please just assume that Groot is mature enough to be able to form > his own view based on our individual contributions? > > Me'd like that. > > --zeurkous. > > -- > Friggin' Machines!
