Re: [PATCH 1/2] longhaul: Mark it as dangerous in Kconfig

On 9 June 2014 04:50, Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote:
> longhaul quickly caused hard lockups and possibly killed the memory
> module on my EPIA-PD board.  It is commented as:
>
> 'BIG FAT DISCLAIMER: Work in progress code. Possibly *dangerous*'
>
> Let's put another warning where people are more likely to see it.
>
> References: https://bugs.debian.org/707047
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86 b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
> index d369349..a3877c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86
> @@ -247,12 +247,13 @@ config X86_LONGRUN
>           If in doubt, say N.
>
>  config X86_LONGHAUL
> -       tristate "VIA Cyrix III Longhaul"
> +       tristate "VIA Cyrix III Longhaul (DANGEROUS)"
>         depends on X86_32 && ACPI_PROCESSOR
>         help
>           This adds the CPUFreq driver for VIA Samuel/CyrixIII,
>           VIA Cyrix Samuel/C3, VIA Cyrix Ezra and VIA Cyrix Ezra-T
> -         processors.
> +         processors.  It does not work with all motherboards and may
> +         cause hardware damage.
>
>           For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <[email protected]>