From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.codeweavers.com (mail.codeweavers.com [4.36.192.163]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE77B181BB0 for ; Tue, 14 May 2024 21:45:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=4.36.192.163 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715723118; cv=none; b=oFNejv4Edx5iZgOotVuXnavaUWpy1VyCWybcVDdgcLNZEgaV6T5GG+aXirCTvLRjpEEgdxQdQsrkim0y+PS6Dpd5hoUIVJn1qMv+wsG413lwSfuKBmMHdaunTlUxK6zfyAcaE3kW/uC1etOr+WnLQ7clp1vX2qA33WY/8oCxST4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715723118; c=relaxed/simple; bh=tziv604qZlibS++2mEJNNkzIBE7jl7XamSsnA5/dX+A=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=fbhV+xASOBV1EWSK2habtoCRIKLgvuux4SawQXX78xaszM/st2057TcsHmAUHfBHCTBlhsRIKD4AHov6prtEOKIlCd8LL5Hqw/xE3Dm5VKYZh5A7CQ+LOYb+TFQSu5zjHXfgmIJmE5q3lIzRLqXz5xCM03WXyCleETViqnDcO/c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeweavers.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=codeweavers.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=codeweavers.com header.i=@codeweavers.com header.b=ZB7mZQEk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=4.36.192.163 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeweavers.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=codeweavers.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=codeweavers.com header.i=@codeweavers.com header.b="ZB7mZQEk" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=codeweavers.com; s=s1; h=Message-ID:Date:Subject:To:From:Cc:Sender; bh=OhI+HzqmcnuBP2LdgO9mbsFMxHDT6dqpMeBbtQADdAM=; b=ZB7mZQEkZXm39446UFhUrUHC/a tFfgZLNOdVYfsmbdy4yDO6IaVDeKNyTFEGjY0xpdJELNngKwyoYdXORxsrLQKyzBnUXLc0jY0NfHF v1ZfnARI9O5+nZmX7RIF4w7KRKiVUGIv8+U1E7vbGUxvu0eQfY+UYjo0cD/+0vZyBhCgs8Bd4MrL6 jW0jWeu1d+U8GJrFp1qgnWwfbDGk72IPsB1IIK8OJutb8jVr4tQqQiYjqC88ei3keA3hcUukXBLrG 6k8LoTY4x9VbCv1wdwslxokoeIm015PqVlCejKE2Qt7e5nVlblwMa0yWTm4hcdIw8l3mkLh2uB/i1 UnuCEZZg==; Received: from [10.69.139.17] (helo=watership.localnet) by mail.codeweavers.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1s6zxS-004lFj-17; Tue, 14 May 2024 16:45:14 -0500 From: Elizabeth Figura To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: ntsync: mark driver as "broken" to prevent from building Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 16:45:13 -0500 Message-ID: <12433821.O9o76ZdvQC@watership> In-Reply-To: <2024051450-abrasion-swizzle-550b@gregkh> References: <2024051450-abrasion-swizzle-550b@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 2:16:51=E2=80=AFAM CDT Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > The ntsync code is only partially enabled in the kernel at this point in > time, creating the device node and that's about it. Don't confuse > systems that expect to see a working ntsync interface by teasing it with > this basic structure at this point in time, so mark the code as "broken" > so that it is not built and enabled just yet. >=20 > Once the rest of the code is accepted, this will be reverted so that the > driver can be correctly built and used, but for now, this is the safest > way forward. Reviewed-by: Elizabeth Figura =2D- I was even thinking of suggesting something like this myself. Sorry for taking so long to get the rest of the patches into acceptable shape...