> > From: Brad <[email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:52:48 -0400 > > > > On Sunday 20 September 2009 14:45:07 Marco Peereboom wrote: > > > Got a dmesg? > > > > I can't give a dmesg for hw that isn't available for purchase yet. > > Will that hardware ever be available for purchase? And will it indeed > behave as you expect? > > I'm not a big believer in preemptively adding code for new hardware, > especially if there is publically available datasheet for that > hardware. Even if there is pre-production hardware available, that > hardware may never enter the market, and we end up with dead code that > confuses people later on. For example when some bright sould decides > to re-use the PCI product ID for something completely different.
I think that is too cynical. I think it should be commited. I think that these things do actually hit the market just after we make our next release, and we look like idiots. We have an opportunity to beat the market, and we don't. Our tree is full of thousands of pieces of support for devices that are just as rare as such a prototype chip today. But if it becomes common, I would rather have the few extra lines than NOT.
