linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD

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Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:57:31 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6.19 patch] let PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE depend on BROKEN

Ar Gwe, 2006-10-27 am 10:07 -0700, ysgrifennodd Greg KH:
> It's a very experimental feature, as the help text says.  If you can
> think of any harsher language to put in that text, please let me know.

The ATA drivers use text like (RAVING LUNATIC) for such things.
Realistically right now the multithread_probe stuff is useless because
your hardware ends up randomly re-ordered and everything breaks.

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