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

Andrew Morton
2006-10-27T22:42:30Z

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?