Return-path: Received: from mail-ww0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:40823 "EHLO mail-ww0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751275Ab0GMSPD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:15:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:06:43 +0200 From: Alejandro Riveira =?UTF-8?B?RmVybsOhbmRleg==?= To: Stefan Richter Cc: Martin Steigerwald , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: rt2x00: slow wifi with correct basic rate bitmap (was Re: stable? quality assurance?) Message-ID: <20100713200643.24ce019e@varda> In-Reply-To: <4C3C6106.3000909@s5r6.in-berlin.de> References: <201007110918.42120.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <201007111651.42963.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <20100713131112.26a3da54@varda> <4C3C6106.3000909@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: El Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:50:14 +0200 Stefan Richter escribió: > Alejandro Riveira Fernández wrote: > > I for one stopped booting into -rc kernels. > > The fact that still have to patch my kernels with a *one* liner > > since 2.6.29 kernel [1] does not give me confidence on the "test > > report/bisect and it will be fixed" promise some have made in this > > threath > > > > [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13362 > > There were promises made in this thread? Then I must have read a > different mailinglist or so. Ok no promises. Maybe I read to much in to Mr Tso previous mail. My apologies [quote] > So I tend to use -rc3, -rc4, and -rc5 kernels on my laptops, and when > I find bugs, I report them and I help fix them. If more people did > that, then the 2.6.X.0 releases would be more stable. But kernel > development is a volunteer effort, so it's up to the volunteers to > test and fix bugs during the rc4, -rc5 and -rc6 time frame. [...] > [...] Linux may be a very good bargain (look > at how much Oracle has increased its support contracts for Solaris!), > but it's still not a free lunch. At the end of the day, you get what > you put into it. I tested the kernels i reported the bugs and helped (to the best of my knowledge; I'm not a programmer) I got no result.