Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754214Ab2EDJjd (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2012 05:39:33 -0400 Received: from cpsmtpb-ews09.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.39.14]:2817 "EHLO cpsmtpb-ews09.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752731Ab2EDJjc (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 May 2012 05:39:32 -0400 Message-ID: <1336124366.2046.20.camel@t41.thuisdomein> Subject: Re: [v3.4-rc5]: drm references experimental From: Paul Bolle To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Otte Cc: Dave Airlie , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 11:39:26 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <1335995781.30754.27.camel@x61.thuisdomein> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.5.1 (3.5.1-1.fc18) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2012 09:39:26.0831 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBD9E7F0:01CD29D9] X-RcptDomain: vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 974 Lines: 28 On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 14:02 +0200, Jörg Otte wrote: > this means especially the following is not possible or does not occure: > > NON-EXP: > driver "A" uses library function "B" > > EXP: > unchanged driver "A" now uses EXPERIMENTAL function "B-EXP" There's a number of things I can think of for "EXPERIMENTAL function". What exactly do you mean here? > The question is whether this is guaranteed. If you were thinking about usage of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in code or in Makefiles: no, I don't think there's a guarantee that this won't be done. But it should be clear that EXPERIMENTAL is intended as, say, a tag for config options. So it's likely that usage of EXPERIMENTAL outside that scope will be prevented. Paul Bolle -- 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/