Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:56:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:56:34 -0400 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:10491 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:56:33 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:56:34 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Jens Axboe Cc: Martin Dalecki , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.21 IDE 91 Message-ID: <20020614115634.B22888@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <3D09F769.8090704@evision-ventures.com> <20020614151703.GB1120@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 05:17:03PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > And finally a small plea for more testing. Do you even test before > blindly sending patches off to Linus?! Sometimes just watching how > quickly these big patches appears makes it impossible that they have > gotten any kind of testing other than the 'hey it compiles', which I > think it just way too little for something that could possible screw > peoples data up very badly. Frankly, _I'm_ too scared to run 2.5 IDE > currently. The success ratio of posted over working patches is too big. Add my voice to these concerns. At the very least the code should have been moved into a second tree to allow people to work with the old stable driver as needed. -ben -- "You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier." - 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/