Re: Is it "stable" or "experimental"?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com)
19 Jun 1996 01:13:04 GMT

Followup to: <199606151531.LAA01065@panix3.panix.com>
By author: Harvey Fishman <fishman@panix.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> If 2.0 is stable, why does the make config script still have a questi=
on
> about experimental drivers? If this is REALLY stable, should there b=
e any
> experimental drivers in the configuration? Or am I missing something=
very
> basic?
>=20

Yes. 2.0 is by definition only production level if you disable all
experimental drivers. The experimental drivers are included in the
kernel tree as a convenience to driver authors and users.

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