> From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 6:14 PM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 05:26:27PM +0200, Michal Kalderon wrote: > > The FW brings along a large set of fixes and features which will be > > added at a later phase. This is an adaquete point to bump the driver > version. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > We discussed this a lot, those driver version bumps are stupid and have > nothing close to the reality. Distro kernels are based on some kernel version > with extra patches on top, in RedHat world this "extra" > is a lot. For them your driver version say nothing. For users who run vanilla > kernel, those versions are not relevant too, because running such kernels > requires knowledge and understanding. > > You definitely should stop this enterprise cargo cult of "releasing software" > by updating versions in non-controlled by you distribution chain. > > Thanks Due to past discussions on this topic, qedr driver version was not added and not bumped. However, customers are used to seeing a driver version for qed/qede We only bump major version changes (37 -> 42) and not the minor versions anymore. This does give a high-level understanding of the driver supports, helps us and the customers.
