From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272752AbTHKQm1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:42:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272799AbTHKQl4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:41:56 -0400 Received: from pasmtp.tele.dk ([193.162.159.95]:51974 "EHLO pasmtp.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272752AbTHKQjn (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:39:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:39:27 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Gregory G Carter Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0 Test3 Config Compile Failure Message-ID: <20030811163927.GA1789@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Gregory G Carter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3F37BD21.4030701@aesgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F37BD21.4030701@aesgi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:58:25AM -0500, Gregory G Carter wrote: > The configuration program included with 2.6.0, allows a end-user to > configure the kernel in such a way as to prevent it from compiling. > > Please fix. Would be nice, but almost impossible. The problem you see are in device drivers, and device drivers does not get fixed unless someone actually cares and fix the driver in question. During the 2.5 cycle several internal interfaces were changed resulting in a wast amount of drivers that no longer compile. The usual reply to postings like yours is "Patches welcome" ;-) Sam