Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:09:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:09:48 -0500 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:45233 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:09:47 -0500 Subject: Re: Why can't Johnny compile? From: Alan Cox To: Dan Kegel Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Jeff Garzik , john slee , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3DD6DE32.60503@kegel.com> References: <3DD5D93F.8070505@kegel.com> <3DD5DC77.2010406@pobox.com> <20021116151102.GI19015@higherplane.net> <3DD6B2C5.3010303@pobox.com> <20021116213732.GO24641@conectiva.com.br> <20021116214250.GQ24641@conectiva.com.br> <1037490677.24843.7.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <3DD6DE32.60503@kegel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 17 Nov 2002 00:43:29 +0000 Message-Id: <1037493809.24777.32.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 777 Lines: 17 On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 00:09, Dan Kegel wrote: > * mark all drivers that don't compile OBSOLETE. That keeps us from > trying to fix drivers without having hardware to test them. > Anyone with proper hardware is invited to fix the drivers and then > mark them non-OBSOLETE. On which platform with which combination of options, which compiler ? Right now its not worth doing, but as we get closer to a release it becomes worth marking some stuff as obsolete - not however by random "compile tests" but by careful thought - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/