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

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Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 09:16:51 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@...eweavers.com>
Subject: [PATCH] misc: ntsync: mark driver as "broken" to prevent from building

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.

Cc: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@...eweavers.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/misc/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 2907b5c23368..faf983680040 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ config OPEN_DICE

 config NTSYNC
 	tristate "NT synchronization primitive emulation"
+	depends on BROKEN
 	help
 	  This module provides kernel support for emulation of Windows NT
 	  synchronization primitives. It is not a hardware driver.
-- 
2.45.0