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[209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id y12si351707plt.356.2019.02.21.20.12.48; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:13:04 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727096AbfBVELR (ORCPT + 99 others); Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:11:17 -0500 Received: from mx0b-002e3701.pphosted.com ([148.163.143.35]:40234 "EHLO mx0b-002e3701.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726178AbfBVELQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:11:16 -0500 Received: from pps.filterd (m0134425.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-002e3701.pphosted.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id x1M46iMs016047; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:11:12 GMT Received: from g9t5009.houston.hpe.com (g9t5009.houston.hpe.com [15.241.48.73]) by mx0b-002e3701.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2qt7x50thw-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:11:12 +0000 Received: from g4t3433.houston.hpecorp.net (g4t3433.houston.hpecorp.net [16.208.49.245]) by g9t5009.houston.hpe.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF7055; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:11:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anatevka (anatevka.americas.hpqcorp.net [10.34.81.61]) by g4t3433.houston.hpecorp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7438A45; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:11:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:11:11 -0700 From: Jerry Hoemann To: Greg KH Cc: Matt Hsiao , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, david.altobelli@hpe.com, mark.rusk@hpe.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] misc: hpilo: Update driver version Message-ID: <20190222041111.GB31132@anatevka> Reply-To: Jerry.Hoemann@hpe.com References: <1550736282-25416-1-git-send-email-matt.hsiao@hpe.com> <1550736282-25416-5-git-send-email-matt.hsiao@hpe.com> <20190221083256.GA6397@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190221083256.GA6397@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-HPE-SCL: -1 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2019-02-22_03:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=816 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1902220026 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 09:32:56AM +0100, Greg KH wrote: ... > > > > -MODULE_VERSION("1.5.0"); > > +MODULE_VERSION("1.5.1"); > > This line means nothing, it should just be removed entirely. The > "version" of the driver is the kernel version itself. Hi Greg, This doesn't hold when we do driver updates. Our primary means of supporting Linux to our customers is via our distro partners. While we prefer to use in distro drivers, HPE does from time to time deliver driver updates via the "Service Pack for Proliants" -- The SPP. An SPP driver update can supply an updated module without modifying the underlying base kernel version. Because of this, the underlying kernel version number doesn't always imply the version of a module being used. Even when we use only in kernel drivers, we also have the case where our distro partners will back port newer driver versions to an older distro release. This gives the situation where an older kernel version can have a newer module than a newer kernel version for that distro. We have found that having module version bumped when modifying the driver helps us identify the version module actually being used. Take care, Jerry > > Want me to drop it? No. please keep it. :) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Hoemann Software Engineer Hewlett Packard Enterprise -----------------------------------------------------------------------------