Re: [patch] dvb: build failure fix

[mkrufky@linuxtv.org]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 04:52:14PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:42 -0400
>> mkrufky@linuxtv.org wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>> Are there actually reports from users running into this problem?
>>>>         
>> No.
>>
>> Yet, the configuration may be valid. If you have a board with tda8290, it
>> _will_ need another chip, like tda827x.
>>
>> In the past, both tda8290 and tda827x were handled by the same driver,
and
>> worked for analog only.
>>
>> So, IMO, this is a regression.
>> ...
>>     
>
> drivers/media/ is the part of the kernel with the most fragile kconfig
> constructs.
>
> And we are talking about bringing a solution into -stable that has never 
> and will never be in mainline.
>
> A compile error in a configuration without practical relevance isn't a 
> huge problem, and I'd vote for leaving -stable unchanged.
I agree wholeheartedly -- we should not change the build procedure for 
the -stable series.

I hope nobody was seriously considering throwing in this sort of monkey 
wrench to a stable kernel.

-Mike