[resending as plain text....gmail...grrrh.] On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Grant Grundler <grundler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry for the late response...just one point below > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> > +#define MWL_DRV_NAME KBUILD_MODNAME >> > +#define MWL_DRV_VERSION "10.3.0.14" >> >> versions like that are generally fairly useless since you don't update >> them for every commit ... > > > When backporting to other kernel trees, it's extremely handy to have a > DRV_VERSION. > > Checking if a particular kernel build has the expected driver version > trivial. "mod_info" dumps the driver version for modules (which this will > usually be too). > > And yes, it won't get updated for every commit only because other version > control might encapsulate those changes. Not every distro makes their build > versioning accessible to outsiders. So it's still helpful even if not > perfect. > > Marvell can update this every time they resync with their own internal > versions. > > cheers, > grant -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
