1.Code maturity level options

时间：2006-04-18 来源：kevinislinuxer

Code maturity level options

代码成熟等级选项

Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers

Some of the various things that Linux supports (such as network

drivers, file systems, network protocols, etc.) can be in a state

of development where the functionality, stability, or the level of

testing is not yet high enough for general use. This is usually

known as the "alpha-test" phase among developers. If a feature is

currently in alpha-test, then the developers usually discourage

uninformed widespread use of this feature by the general public to

avoid "Why doesn't this work?" type mail messages. However, active

testing and use of these systems is welcomed. Just be aware that it

may not meet the normal level of reliability or it may fail to work

in some special cases. Detailed bug reports from people familiar

with the kernel internals are usually welcomed by the developers

(before submitting bug reports, please read the documents

<file:README>, <file:MAINTAINERS>, <file:REPORTING-BUGS>,

<file:Documentation/BUG-HUNTING>, and

<file:Documentation/oops-tracing.txt> in the kernel source).

This option will also make obsoleted drivers available. These are

drivers that have been replaced by something else, and/or are

scheduled to be removed in a future kernel release.

Unless you intend to help test and develop a feature or driver that

falls into this category, or you have a situation that requires

using these features, you should probably say N here, which will

cause the configurator to present you with fewer choices. If

you say Y here, you will be offered the choice of using features or

drivers that are currently considered to be in the alpha-test phase

Linux支持的各种应用中（比如驱动程序，文件系统，网络协议等）有一部分尚处在开发阶段，其功能性，稳定性，或测试级别还未达到常规应用程度，在开发者中此阶段被称为"alpha-test"（阿尔法测试）。为了避免收到“为什么这玩艺不工作”之类的邮件，开发者不会广泛传播处于此测试阶段的软件给广大用户使用，不过积极的测试是欢迎的。你要明白的是，它们的可靠性不足，某些情况下不正常运行。开发者欢迎熟悉内核的人提交详细的Bug报告。提交之前请读以下文档：<文件：README>, <文件：:MAINTAINERS>, <文件：REPORTING-BUGS>,<文件：Documentation/BUG-HUNTING> <文件：Documentation/oops-tracing.txt> 以上文件在内核源代码中。

此选项还能使某些陈旧的驱动可用，这些驱动在将来的内核版本中会被替代或移除。除非你想开发某些特性或驱动，或者某些特性你的确需要，否则你也许应该对此选项说N（既No），这将减少后面出现的配置选项，如果你选Y（Yes），配置系统会提供某些处于阿尔法测试阶段的功能选项给你.