Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN

[Andrew Morton]

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:23:26 +0200
Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ...
> > So no, this should not be marked BROKEN.
> > 
> > It's a very experimental feature, as the help text says.  If you can
> > think of any harsher language to put in that text, please let me know.
> 
> The problem is that if only 1 out of 100 people who are compiling a 
> kernel accidentally enable this option, linux-kernel will be swamped 
> with bug reports...
> 

Yes, that's a legitimate practical concern, IMO.

I guess many of the people who test -rc kernels have sufficient familarity
to know to disable this option, but a lot of the people who test major
releases do not.  So how about we mark PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE as broken in
2.6.19-rc6, then revert that change in 2.6.20-rc1, and keep doing that
until the feature is ready?


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