Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Oct 26 2006 - 21:21:46 EST


On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 03:02:52AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE is an interesting feature, but in it's current
> state it seems to be more of a trap for users who accidentally
> enable it.
>
> This patch lets PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN for 2.6.19.
>
> The intention is to get this patch reversed in -mm as soon as it's in
> Linus' tree, and reverse it for 2.6.20 or 2.6.21 after the fallout of
> in-kernel problems PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE causes got fixed.

People who enable features clearly marked as EXPERIMENTAL deserve what
they get, IMO.
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