From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:6400 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751461Ab0ISFeJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:34:09 -0400 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o8J5Y9i5015780 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:34:09 -0400 Message-ID: <4C959E98.2060409@redhat.com> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:24:40 -0300 From: Douglas Schilling Landgraf Reply-To: dougsland@redhat.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab CC: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH -hg] Warn user that driver is backported and might not work as expected References: <4C938158.9020604@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4C938158.9020604@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: Sender: Hi, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Since the migration to -git, less developers are using the -hg tree. Also, some > changes are happening upstream that would require much more than just compiling > the tree with an older version, to be sure that the backport won't break anything, > like the removal of BKL. > > As normal users might not be aware of those issues, and bug reports may be sent > based on a backported tree, add some messages to warn about the usage of a > backported experimental (unsupported) tree. > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Applied, thanks! Cheers Douglas