| Message ID | 200911141537.19068.bzolnier@gmail.com |
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| State | Not Applicable |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:37:19 +0100 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> wrote: > Push experimental tags to host drivers that still need it so we can > remove the "global" experimental tag for PATA drivers. > > I hear that some issues are being worked on but the patch reflects > the current situation and we can trivially update status of affected > host drivers after new fixes are merged. > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> NAK -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 11/14/2009 08:37 AM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > Push experimental tags to host drivers that still need it so we can > remove the "global" experimental tag for PATA drivers. > > I hear that some issues are being worked on but the patch reflects > the current situation and we can trivially update status of affected > host drivers after new fixes are merged. > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@gmail.com> I don't think that the problems you've mentioned fit the definition of the EXPERIMENTAL tag - it means that the driver isn't likely suitable for general use. Given that those drivers are probably used by significant numbers of people successfully in various distributions I don't think this is likely to be the case. There may be bugs but non-experimental does not imply bug free. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Saturday 14 November 2009 17:01:08 Robert Hancock wrote: > On 11/14/2009 08:37 AM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Push experimental tags to host drivers that still need it so we can > > remove the "global" experimental tag for PATA drivers. > > > > I hear that some issues are being worked on but the patch reflects > > the current situation and we can trivially update status of affected > > host drivers after new fixes are merged. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@gmail.com> > > I don't think that the problems you've mentioned fit the definition of > the EXPERIMENTAL tag - it means that the driver isn't likely suitable I guess you've read bugzillas so if you still think that EXPERIMENTAL is not justified at least for some drivers than we really have nothing to talk about anymore.. > for general use. Given that those drivers are probably used by > significant numbers of people successfully in various distributions I > don't think this is likely to be the case. There may be bugs but > non-experimental does not imply bug free. Hardly a technical argument. You know that staging drivers are successfully used by "significant numbers of people successfully in various distributions"? :) zbr explained the problem with the kernel development process with more class than I would ever be able to so I will just save everybody's time..
> I guess you've read bugzillas so if you still think that EXPERIMENTAL > is not justified at least for some drivers than we really have nothing > to talk about anymore.. What a relief -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Index: b/drivers/ata/Kconfig =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig @@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ config PATA_ACPI otherwise unsupported hardware. config PATA_ALI - tristate "ALi PATA support" - depends on PCI + tristate "ALi PATA support (Experimental)" + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL help This option enables support for the ALi ATA interfaces found on the many ALi chipsets. @@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ config PATA_CMD640_PCI If unsure, say N. config PATA_CMD64X - tristate "CMD64x PATA support" - depends on PCI + tristate "CMD64x PATA support (Experimental)" + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL help This option enables support for the CMD64x series chips except for the CMD640. @@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ config PATA_PCMCIA If unsure, say N. config PATA_PDC_OLD - tristate "Older Promise PATA controller support" - depends on PCI + tristate "Older Promise PATA controller support (Experimental)" + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL help This option enables support for the Promise 20246, 20262, 20263, 20265 and 20267 adapters. @@ -660,8 +660,8 @@ config PATA_SIL680 If unsure, say N. config PATA_SIS - tristate "SiS PATA support" - depends on PCI + tristate "SiS PATA support (Experimental)" + depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL help This option enables support for SiS PATA controllers
Push experimental tags to host drivers that still need it so we can remove the "global" experimental tag for PATA drivers. I hear that some issues are being worked on but the patch reflects the current situation and we can trivially update status of affected host drivers after new fixes are merged. Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> --- drivers/ata/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html