Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN

Greg KH
2006-10-28T01:12:45Z

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 03:38:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:23:26 +0200
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
>
> > ...
> > > So no, this should not be marked BROKEN.
> > >
> > > It's a very experimental feature, as the help text says. If you can
> > > think of any harsher language to put in that text, please let me know.
> >
> > The problem is that if only 1 out of 100 people who are compiling a
> > kernel accidentally enable this option, linux-kernel will be swamped
> > with bug reports...
> >
>
> Yes, that's a legitimate practical concern, IMO.
>
> I guess many of the people who test -rc kernels have sufficient familarity
> to know to disable this option, but a lot of the people who test major
> releases do not. So how about we mark PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE as broken in
> 2.6.19-rc6, then revert that change in 2.6.20-rc1, and keep doing that
> until the feature is ready?

Ok, I can live with that. I'll send in a change for this with the next
round of driver core fixes.

thanks,

greg k-h