Messages in this thread | | | From | mkrufky@linuxtv ... | Subject | Re: [patch] dvb: build failure fix | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:32:52 -0400 |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 04:52:14PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > >> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:42 -0400 >> mkrufky@linuxtv.org wrote: >> >> >>>> Are there actually reports from users running into this problem? >>>> >> No. >> >> Yet, the configuration may be valid. If you have a board with tda8290, it >> _will_ need another chip, like tda827x. >> >> In the past, both tda8290 and tda827x were handled by the same driver, and >> worked for analog only. >> >> So, IMO, this is a regression. >> ... >> > > drivers/media/ is the part of the kernel with the most fragile kconfig > constructs. > > And we are talking about bringing a solution into -stable that has never > and will never be in mainline. > > A compile error in a configuration without practical relevance isn't a > huge problem, and I'd vote for leaving -stable unchanged. I agree wholeheartedly -- we should not change the build procedure for the -stable series.
I hope nobody was seriously considering throwing in this sort of monkey wrench to a stable kernel.
-Mike
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