new sk driver [was: nve timeout (and down) regression?]

JoaoBR joao at matik.com.br
Mon Mar 27 21:48:26 UTC 2006


On Monday 27 March 2006 15:51, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 12:15:55PM -0300, JoaoBR wrote:
> > well, the actual driver is trash and unusable and overall crashes SMP
> > systems ... so more testing to see if it crashes more?  ;)
>
> As with any other software development project, you have to draw a line
> somewhere and say "these things will be in the release and these things
> will not be in the release"; otherwise, you will never have a release at
> all.
>
> I am not familiar with the code in this case but if its inclusion changed
> enough other things in the system where _everything_ had to be re-tested
> then it's not worth the regression.
>
> These are just the simple facts of (any) software development.
>

well, ok that is completly understandable basicly

but this driver is unusable since dec/jan for me, for others probably longer 

IMO it would make sense to be replaced by Pyuns driver because the original is 
not functional

kind of strange getting a new release with a known not functional driver

João









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