Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:38:54 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN |
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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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