Re: [2.6 patch] let broken drivers depend on BROKEN{,ON_SMP}

From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
Cc: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>,
	Riley@Williams.Name, Linux-Kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] let broken drivers depend on BROKEN{,ON_SMP}
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:15:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030731091525.GI12849@louise.pinerecords.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030730161839.GB19356@fs.tum.de>

> [bunk@fs.tum.de]
> 
> 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.

There are going to be a zillion drivers that don't compile by the
time 2.6.0 is released, which is precisely when lkml will see a whole
new wave of people willing to fix things so I really don't think
hiding the problems behind CONFIG_BROKEN or whatever is reasonable.

-- 
Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>