On 1/1/08, Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not claiming that all EXPERIMENTAL tags were wrong [1], but many > > were wrong. > > So why not fix the wrong tags, and mark smbfs obsolete ? > > > Plus the fact that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL controlled so many different > > things with one switch that CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=n .config's are really > > rare. > > Agreed
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is way to coarse. I always need to turn it on and then it loses any value. Why not encode the drivers status into the driver name so that is is obvious when you are configuring the kernel? Like this for a driver name: Compaq Smart Array 5xxx support (experimental) Some drivers are already do this: Micro Memory MM5415 Battery Backed RAM support (EXPERIMENTAL) Now the status is obvious on an item by item basis. -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
