Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jul 2005 15:13:11 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Re: [05/11] SMP fix for 6pack driver |
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 12:01:23AM +0200, Francois Romieu wrote: > Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> : > > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > Drivers really only work well in SMP if they actually can be selected. > > This is a leftover from the time when the 6pack drive only used to be > > a bitrotten variant of the slip driver. > > Is the guideline above from 28/04/2005 obsoleted ? > > - It must fix a problem that causes a build error (but not for things > marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real > security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, > something critical.
It lets the driver be built, when it previously could not be, unless the user used a config option that almost no one does...
That's pretty critical if you ask me.
thanks,
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