Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932774AbWAHWDJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:03:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932776AbWAHWDI (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:03:08 -0500 Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:40597 "EHLO palinux.hppa") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932774AbWAHWDH (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:03:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:03:07 -0700 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Carlos Manuel Duclos Vergara Cc: kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org, Kees Cook , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: MODULE_VERSION useless? (was Re: [KJ] adding missing MODULE_* stuffs) Message-ID: <20060108220307.GJ19769@parisc-linux.org> References: <20051230000400.GS18040@outflux.net> <20060108204549.GB5864@mipter.zuzino.mipt.ru> <200601081855.17723.carlos@embedded.cl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601081855.17723.carlos@embedded.cl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 658 Lines: 16 On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 06:55:16PM -0300, Carlos Manuel Duclos Vergara wrote: > I have two ideas about what to do with MODULE_VERSION: > 1.- Defining MODULE_VERSION = KERNEL_VERSION > 2.- Schedule it for removal in one or two more versions, and automagically use > the KERNEL_VERSION as module's version. > > Any comments? Do neither. Just because some people don't use it properly is no reason to remove it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/