From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272950AbTG3QSx (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:18:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272955AbTG3QSx (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:18:53 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:8898 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S272950AbTG3QSw (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:18:52 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:18:39 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Tomas Szepe Cc: John Bradford , Riley@Williams.Name, Linux-Kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] let broken drivers depend on BROKEN{,ON_SMP} Message-ID: <20030730161839.GB19356@fs.tum.de> References: <200307300911.h6U9BH2f000813@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030730104421.GC28767@fs.tum.de> <20030730160403.GF12849@louise.pinerecords.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030730160403.GF12849@louise.pinerecords.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 06:04:03PM +0200, Tomas Szepe wrote: > > [bunk@fs.tum.de] > > > > If a _user_ of a stable kernel notices "it doesn't even compile" this > > gives a very bad impression of the quality of the Linux kernel. > > The keyword in this sentence is "stable." > Could you maybe come up with this again at around 2.6.40? :) The first stable kernel of the 2.6 kernel series will be 2.6.0. My patch or omething similar should go into 2.6 before 2.6.0 . Whether 2.6.0-test2 or 2.6.0-test15 is the right time is a different question - as long as it's before 2.6.0 . > Tomas Szepe cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed