Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Aug 2003 21:48:34 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] let broken drivers depend on BROKEN{,ON_SMP} |
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:41:16AM +0100, John Bradford wrote: >... > Also, remember that some things might only give compile errors under > certain circumstances. The _vast_ majority of kernels include TCP/IP > support, for example, so something that breaks when it's not > configured could easily go unnoticed for ages - does that mean it > should be put behind CONFIG_BROKEN when it's discovered?
Most such issues aren't hard to fix once they are discovered.
Most broken drivers in 2.6 are different: They need a big amount of non-trivial work to get them fixed.
> John.
cu Adrian
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