NFS_FSCACHE still depends on EXPERIMENTAL?
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From: Christian Kujau on 23 Jan 2010 16:40 Hi, there's currently an open Ubuntu bug[0], with the intent to compile NFS_FSCACHE (and possibly AFS_FSCACHE, 9P_FSCACHE) into the standard Ubuntu kernel. However, since *_FSCACHE still depends on EXPERIMENTAL, this won't happen. I'd like to know if the EXPERIMENTAL tag is still needed for these options and if so, what would be needed to remove this tag. Removing this tag would allow Ubuntu to include these features into its kernel, possibly allowing an even greater userbase to test these features, hopefully providing feedback. Thanks, Christian. [0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/440522/comments/5 -- BOFH excuse #259: Someone's tie is caught in the printer, and if anything else gets printed, he'll be in it too. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Arjan van de Ven on 23 Jan 2010 17:40 On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:35:39 -0800 (PST) Christian Kujau <lists(a)nerdbynature.de> wrote: > Hi, > > there's currently an open Ubuntu bug[0], with the intent to compile > NFS_FSCACHE (and possibly AFS_FSCACHE, 9P_FSCACHE) into the standard > Ubuntu kernel. However, since *_FSCACHE still depends on > EXPERIMENTAL, this won't happen. since the EXPERIMENTAL flag more or less means nothing, the "it is marked with the flag so we don't do it" is reasoning based on more or less nothing... -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Christian Kujau on 23 Jan 2010 17:50
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 at 14:30, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > since the EXPERIMENTAL flag more or less means nothing, the > "it is marked with the flag so we don't do it" is reasoning based on > more or less nothing... Understood, but...if EXPERIMENTAL "more or less means nothing" (is this a general consensus?), why is the flag still used at all? IOW, would a patch removing all EXPERIMENTAL flags from all(!) options be accepted? Thanks, Christian. -- BOFH excuse #160: non-redundant fan failure -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |