From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Brown Subject: Re: Public ridicule due to sound/soc/soc-core.c abuse of the driver model Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:52:13 +0000 Message-ID: <20120109195211.GA30766@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <20120106194052.GA7781@kroah.com> <20120106201458.GF2893@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20120106205036.GB13857@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20120106234135.GH2893@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20120106234445.GC13857@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20120106234923.GI2893@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20120109095125.GG21765@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com (opensource.wolfsonmicro.com [80.75.67.52]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC9432440F for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 20:52:15 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120109095125.GG21765@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, Takashi Iwai , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Frank Mandarino , Liam Girdwood List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 09:51:25AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > Anything which helps reduce the abuses of the driver model is a plus - > it helps remove the possibility of kernel oopses. Trying to make any sort of modification to code this fragile is risky, especially during what's supposed to be a stabalization phase (which is what Greg is requesting). It just seems completely irresponsible for something that isn't actually a practical problem.