From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265932AbUHaRsz (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:48:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265978AbUHaRsz (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:48:55 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:19136 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265932AbUHaRr2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:47:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:47:19 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andrew Morton , Christoph Hellwig Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.6.9-rc1-mm2: why is DIGIEPCA marked BROKEN? Message-ID: <20040831174719.GG3466@fs.tum.de> References: <20040830235426.441f5b51.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040830235426.441f5b51.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 11:54:26PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >... > Changes since 2.6.9-rc1-mm1: >... > +mark-pcxx-as-broken.patch > > Dead driver >... <-- snip --> From: Christoph Hellwig It's already marked BROKEN_ON_SMP, but even a UP compile yields tons of errors. While those aren't deeply complicated to fix having them for over a year now is a pretty good indicator no one cares. <-- snip --> If I revert mark-pcxx-as-broken.patch, the driver compiles UP for me with exactly zero errors or warnings. @Christoph: Could you post the errors you observed? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed