From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: prepare for removal of experimental tag on PATA drivers Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:01:08 -0600 Message-ID: <4AFED444.5020201@gmail.com> References: <200911141537.19068.bzolnier@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f187.google.com ([209.85.210.187]:35278 "EHLO mail-yx0-f187.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752562AbZKNQBF (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:01:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200911141537.19068.bzolnier@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11/14/2009 08:37 AM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > Push experimental tags to host drivers that still need it so we can > remove the "global" experimental tag for PATA drivers. > > I hear that some issues are being worked on but the patch reflects > the current situation and we can trivially update status of affected > host drivers after new fixes are merged. > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz I don't think that the problems you've mentioned fit the definition of the EXPERIMENTAL tag - it means that the driver isn't likely suitable for general use. Given that those drivers are probably used by significant numbers of people successfully in various distributions I don't think this is likely to be the case. There may be bugs but non-experimental does not imply bug free.