At Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:07:38 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:06:02PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > > > The git-alsa.patch in -mm which I obtain from > > > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perex/alsa-current.git is > > > empty. So we're now wanting to merge 4,000 lines of unreviewed code > which > > > hasn't been tested in -mm at approximately the -rc4 stage. > > > > Lots of people install ALSA independently from the kernel (like all the > > audio oriented distro users), probably a lot more than run -mm, so it's > > not completely unreviewed. > > There's a big difference between 'unreviewed' and 'untested'. > With drivers that support n variants of a piece of hardware, > hearing back that a driver works fine from someone isn't really > worth anything if the changes break for all the other users > of that driver that have a different variant, which haven't tested it yet. > > We have a testing/review process in place, attempts to short-circuit > it should be prevented. Especially from a subsystem that > historically has had a number of issues wrt regressions each release.
Oh, I missed your talk in OLS ;) Basically I agree with the argument above. Some hardware-specific regressions are very hard to find only from review. The famous problem with ThinkPad in the last update was such a kind. More tests in a bigger place like mm tree would be required, indeed. Unfortunately, the sync between ALSA and mm tree didn't work well because of troubles with git/cogito at this time. The sync process shall be improved from now on. So, please consider this as an exception. Takashi - 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/