Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:14:31 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. |
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* David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 03:21 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > * forced a flag day build process change upon all distros/builders > > who switch to >= 2.6.27. no build script updates == non-working > > drivers. > > Jeff, we don't usually call it a 'flag day' when it's just the normal > and uninteresting case that you update the upstream version of the > package, and you need minor tweaks to how you package it. [...]
well, i have no opinion one way or another about the firmware issue, but breaking the build and breaking previously working setups is not a "minor tweak".
> [...] That happens all the time. [...]
No, you are quite wrong, it does not happen all the time.
It happens occasionally out of 10,000 changes per kernel cycle. It happens unintentionally most of the time and it's called a regression.
The difference here is that you seem to have broken my setup fully intentionally.
I have no problem with going forward, but i have a problem with breaking working setups and i have a problem with forced migration to something that doesnt work by default.
If there's a fix i can apply and test i'm a happy camper, but all this arguing in these threads with zero patches posted makes me quite nervous.
Ingo
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