Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262348AbTEFESD (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 00:18:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262351AbTEFESD (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 00:18:03 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:59408 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262348AbTEFESC (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 00:18:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 21:30:26 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Athanasius , Bill Davidsen , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc1 Message-ID: <20030506043026.GF8350@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Athanasius , Bill Davidsen , linux-kernel References: <20030423164015.GJ25981@miggy.org> <20030425203017.GA16910@miggy.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030425203017.GA16910@miggy.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1159 Lines: 22 On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 09:30:17PM +0100, Athanasius wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 12:17:43PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > I dont think this is a fix, it's a work-around. It shouldn't be > > documnented, it should be made to work. That might mean having the kbuild > > prevent inappropriate use, of course. > > Agreed, I more meant it needs documenting so that those people that > hit it can apply the workaround and otherwise test the kernels. I guess > for now those of us that know about it will just have to keep an eye out > for others reporting the problem then clue them in. It's probably better this way. If people don't know the work around, then it will probably be reported again. And the more it's reported with successive versions the more corner cases will be found and fixed. Documentation for work-arounds are meant for a proprietary world, and are counter productive for open source. - 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/