On Fri, November 9, 2007 03:33, Felix Domke wrote: > Banana Banana wrote: >> On Nov 9, 2007 12:22 AM, Simon Hargreaves <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I'm using >>> 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP kernel. >> Try a more recent kernel? > No, this is not the correct response to a bug. Of course it is when the poster's kernel is more than 2 years old (2.6.12 was released on June 17, 2005). > Or do you remember a bug which was present in that kernel version, and > fixed later? In that case, why don't you point to the diff? It would take a superhuman developer to be able to recall every single patch that went in between 2.6.12 and now and to correctly analyze the effects of, and interactions between, every single patch. > This was a (perfectly fine) user question, not a developer request. His > question was if there is or was a known bug regarding non-blocking IO on > dvr0. If he wanted to be a kernel developer, he would probably have > posted a patch fixing (or at least explaining) the issue. But he asked > if there is a known issue. Not what he could do to maybe workaround that > problem. And it was a perfectly straightforward answer, the DVB devs would be helped if the bug could be reproduced with more recent kernel versions as it gives a much more solid base from which to start debugging (and if it's not present in recent kernels, hey, problem solved). The request for a test with a recent kernel could of course have been expressed in a less terse manner, but that's something else. -- David Härdeman _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
