Re: Linux-2.1.92 - Feature Freeze

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Fri, 03 Apr 1998 11:28:27 -0400


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> said:
> On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Itai Nahshon wrote:
> > Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > Ok, there's a fairly large patch out there, but as of 2.1.92 I think we
> > > have a real feature-freeze, and we'll try to get a real code-freeze going
> > > soon.

> > What are the chances on sneaking in the pnp kernel driver?
> > I will agree to people saying it's not ready for main-line Linux,
> > my question is how people value its importance for 2.2.

> No, but Alan is looking into some minimal PnP support. I discussed this
> at some length with him, and the way I would have preferred it done he
> didn't think we could do in time for 2.2, so we'll have some very simple
> groundwork but not a "real" PnP thing.

Is this really wise? The moment 2.2 comes out, people will be screaming for
PnP support, and it will have to be integrated into the _stable_ kernel.
And there goes my wish for 2.2: 2.2.4 at most ;-)

Not that I should have any say in this. I'll shut up now and do some
coding.

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