From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272258AbTHRTAT (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:00:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272275AbTHRTAS (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:00:18 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:27155 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272258AbTHRS7H (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:59:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:59:03 +0100 From: Russell King To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Fix up riscom8 driver to use work queues instead of task queueing. Message-ID: <20030818195903.G1737@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20030818192831.E1737@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@osdl.org on Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 11:47:14AM -0700 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 11:47:14AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I'd be interested to hear whether the dang things work. Of course, there > probably aren't that many people around with the hardware any more. I > could just have added them to the BROKEN list, but since they _might_ work > it seemed like a better idea to be hugely optimistic instead ;) True. However, there is the opposite point of view which is equally valid. There aren't many people with the hardware, and the people that there are aren't interested in development kernel series, so even if we did convert them during 2.7, we wouldn't hear about it until 2.8. IMO its far better to do these types of conversions when users are interested in the driver (and can therefore give you bug reports) than when they are actively ignoring the development series. Both positions are equally valid. I'm not going to argue that one is more valid than the other because I have enough on my plate for the time being. 8) -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html