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    SubjectRe: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN
    On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:23:26 +0200
    Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:

    > ...
    > > So no, this should not be marked BROKEN.
    > >
    > > It's a very experimental feature, as the help text says. If you can
    > > think of any harsher language to put in that text, please let me know.
    >
    > The problem is that if only 1 out of 100 people who are compiling a
    > kernel accidentally enable this option, linux-kernel will be swamped
    > with bug reports...
    >

    Yes, that's a legitimate practical concern, IMO.

    I guess many of the people who test -rc kernels have sufficient familarity
    to know to disable this option, but a lot of the people who test major
    releases do not. So how about we mark PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE as broken in
    2.6.19-rc6, then revert that change in 2.6.20-rc1, and keep doing that
    until the feature is ready?


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