Re: [2.6 patch] remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

Jon Smirl
2008-01-01T18:14:24Z

On 1/1/08, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > I'm not claiming that all EXPERIMENTAL tags were wrong [1], but many
> > were wrong.
>
> So why not fix the wrong tags, and mark smbfs obsolete ?
>
> > Plus the fact that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL controlled so many different
> > things with one switch that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=n .config's are really
> > rare.
>
> Agreed

CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is way to coarse. I always need to turn it on and
then it loses any value.

Why not encode the drivers status into the driver name so that is is
obvious when you are configuring the kernel?

Like this for a driver name:
Compaq Smart Array 5xxx support (experimental)

Some drivers are already do this:
Micro Memory MM5415 Battery Backed RAM support (EXPERIMENTAL)

Now the status is obvious on an item by item basis.

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Jon Smirl
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