Re: [2.6 patch] ieee1394_core.c: remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 12:20:32PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 09:17 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 05:58:06PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 23:53 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > The solution is simple:
> > > > The vendor or services provider submits his driver for inclusion into 
> > > > the kernel which is the best solution for everyone.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > What if the driver is under development and doesn't work yet?
> > 
> > Many drivers have been accepted into the kernel tree before they worked
> > properly :)
> 
> Yeah but I hope you can understand why someone would be hesitant to
> submit a broken driver.  It just makes the author look bad.  I would not
> feel right submitting something that didn't work.

That's what CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is for....

						- Ted
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