[opensolaris-summit] driver limits [was Re: My comments (very subjective) on proposed Summit topics]

[James Carlson]

Artem Kachitchkine writes:
>  > (We're talking about interfaces here, not implementation.)
> 
> In this particular case, the line is unclear. A minor bugfix can turn a 
> DDI compliant driver into a non-compliant one. In my mind it's more 
> implementation (think "lint clean") than architecture.

That has always been true.  Even a one-line bug fix may well have
important architectural implications, just as a multi-kiloline change
might not have any architectural issues worth reviewing.

You can't determine ARC issues by running "wc -l".

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