From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 21:10:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EB7916A417 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1404613C44B for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:10:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m0BLAUKa043003; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:10:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [10.1.1.14]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m0BLAKUd027852 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:10:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m0BLAKQl091740; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:10:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id m0BLAJ9I091739; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:10:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:10:19 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Peter Schuller Message-ID: <20080111211019.GC79270@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <478556AD.6090400@bsdforen.de> <20080110003524.GB5188@soaustin.net> <200801111935.50821.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200801111935.50821.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.4-STABLE alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on cicely12.cicely.de Cc: Mark Linimon , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improving the handling of PR:s X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:10:38 -0000 On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:35:41PM +0100, Peter Schuller wrote: > * The committer may not have access to the hardware, or may not have a > software setup that allows for testing. This means doing such testing > suddenly requires a lot more effort. Another point about hardware is that a patch might influence other hardware handled by the same driver, which can't be verified by the submitter nor the committer. This is especially true with workarounds, which might only be required for specific chip revisions. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.de