From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934436AbYD3Wd2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:33:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756305AbYD3WdS (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:33:18 -0400 Received: from mail.hauppauge.com ([167.206.143.4]:2233 "EHLO mail.hauppauge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756073AbYD3WdR (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:33:17 -0400 Message-ID: <4818F394.9000807@linuxtv.org> From: mkrufky@linuxtv.org To: bunk@kernel.org Cc: mchehab@infradead.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] dvb: build failure fix Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:32:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) in-reply-to: <20080430200139.GG29330@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> x-originalarrivaltime: 30 Apr 2008 22:29:42.0293 (UTC) FILETIME=[AF3E0450:01C8AB11] user-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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