Hi, I've added this patch into the 201501 ACPICA materials for review: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/61 If it is merged, it will appear in Linux kernel after 201501 ACPICA release. Thanks for reporting. Best regards -Lv > From: David E. Box [mailto:david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 3:36 AM > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 12:30:05AM +0000, Zheng, Lv wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > From: Rasmus Villemoes [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 6:27 PM > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 05 2015, "Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > >> From: Rasmus Villemoes [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > >> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 6:51 PM > > > >> To: Zheng, Lv > > > >> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ACPICA: Remove use of __DATE__ macro > > > >> > > > >> The macro __DATE__ and friends is not allowed in the kernel. Also, > > > >> including the build time in output doesn't seem to provide any value. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Could you confirm that it is not useful even for the user tools? > > > > Please perform the following commands in the kernel source tree > > > > 1. stay in tools folder > > > > 2. type "make acpi" > > > > 3. type "./power/acpi/acpidump -v" > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, it's part of the output, but for what reason? What can userspace > > > possibly use that information for? > > > > I also want to know. > > I don't see a reason for userspace to know the build date. > > > > > > I can see some utility in printing a > > > version number, since that may tell something about the features > > > present or absent. The compilation date, on the other hand, seems > > > completely useless. Different distros may ship different versions which > > > happened to be compiled on the same day, or older versions compiled later. > > > > If the deletion was done for this reason, IMO, it's acceptable. > > So let's wait to see others' feedback. > > > > I'm okay with removing it (the build date) in Linux and ACPICA as well. However > the version, which is essentially the release date, is important for the exact > reasons already stated. > > Dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
