linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI

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Message-Id: <20070326.182422.115910859.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:24:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bunk@...sta.de
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6.21 patch] let PCI_MSI depend on EXPERIMENTAL

From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:02:47 +0200

> We had during the last months have quite a few MSI bugs and even 
> regressions due to:
> - core kernel bugs,
> - device driver bugs and
> - hardware bugs
> 
> OTOH, MSI doesn't bring any real advantages for most users.
> 
> Let's therefore mark PCI_MSI as EXPERIMENTAL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

This is a good way to ensure that the code doesn't get tested
enough to ever fix the problems.
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