linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: ntsync: mark driver as "broken" to prevent from building

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Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 16:45:13 -0500
From: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@...eweavers.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject:
 Re: [PATCH] misc: ntsync: mark driver as "broken" to prevent from building

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 2:16:51 AM CDT Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The ntsync code is only partially enabled in the kernel at this point in
> time, creating the device node and that's about it.  Don't confuse
> systems that expect to see a working ntsync interface by teasing it with
> this basic structure at this point in time, so mark the code as "broken"
> so that it is not built and enabled just yet.
> 
> Once the rest of the code is accepted, this will be reverted so that the
> driver can be correctly built and used, but for now, this is the safest
> way forward.

Reviewed-by: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@...eweavers.com>

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I was even thinking of suggesting something like this myself. Sorry for
taking so long to get the rest of the patches into acceptable shape...