linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc2: Reported regressions from 2.6.24

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Message-ID: <20080218134908.GB28851@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:49:08 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc2: Reported regressions from 2.6.24


* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:

> Well, my definition of a regression from 2.6.24 is that it happens 
> when someone takes a .config that worked with 2.6.24, configures the 
> kernel with that, leaving the defaults for the options he is _asked_ 
> _for_, and the resulting kernel doesn't work as expected.

yep, and that's how users determine whether "the new kernel works", so 
it's what we follow as well.

	Ingo
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