Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:28:38 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN |
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:20:58 -0600 Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 03:02:52AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE is an interesting feature, but in it's current > > state it seems to be more of a trap for users who accidentally > > enable it. > > > > This patch lets PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN for 2.6.19. > > > > The intention is to get this patch reversed in -mm as soon as it's in > > Linus' tree, and reverse it for 2.6.20 or 2.6.21 after the fallout of > > in-kernel problems PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE causes got fixed. > > People who enable features clearly marked as EXPERIMENTAL deserve what > they get, IMO.
It's not the impact on "people" which is of concern - it's the impact on kernel developers - specifically those who spend time looking at bug reports :( - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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