Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946115AbWJ0COx (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:14:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946117AbWJ0COx (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:14:53 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:37255 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946115AbWJ0COw (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:14:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:11:31 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Andrew Morton Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Adrian Bunk , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Pavel Machek , Greg KH , linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN Message-ID: <20061026191131.003f141d@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20061026182838.ac2c7e20.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20061026224541.GQ27968@stusta.de> <20061027010252.GV27968@stusta.de> <20061027012058.GH5591@parisc-linux.org> <20061026182838.ac2c7e20.akpm@osdl.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.5 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1330 Lines: 31 On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:28:38 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:20:58 -0600 > Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 03:02:52AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE is an interesting feature, but in it's current > > > state it seems to be more of a trap for users who accidentally > > > enable it. > > > > > > This patch lets PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN for 2.6.19. > > > > > > The intention is to get this patch reversed in -mm as soon as it's in > > > Linus' tree, and reverse it for 2.6.20 or 2.6.21 after the fallout of > > > in-kernel problems PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE causes got fixed. > > > > People who enable features clearly marked as EXPERIMENTAL deserve what > > they get, IMO. > > It's not the impact on "people" which is of concern - it's the impact on > kernel developers - specifically those who spend time looking at bug > reports :( Either it is broken and should be removed, or is barely working and should be fixed. If Greg wants to take bug reports then it can stay. - 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/