From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272873AbTGaJSm (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 05:18:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272916AbTGaJSm (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 05:18:42 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:26268 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272873AbTGaJSl (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 05:18:41 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:15:25 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: Adrian Bunk 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: <20030731091525.GI12849@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <200307300911.h6U9BH2f000813@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030730104421.GC28767@fs.tum.de> <20030730160403.GF12849@louise.pinerecords.com> <20030730161839.GB19356@fs.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030730161839.GB19356@fs.tum.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > [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