Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758053AbYAYTSU (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:18:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751747AbYAYTSK (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:18:10 -0500 Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.141]:42767 "EHLO e1.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751992AbYAYTSJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:18:09 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:14:07 -0600 From: Michael Halcrow To: Greg KH Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kay Sievers , Phillip Hellewell Subject: Re: [PATCH 076/196] ecryptfs: remove version_str file from sysfs Message-ID: <20080125191407.GL25594@localhost.austin.ibm.com> Reply-To: Michael Halcrow References: <20080125071127.GA4860@kroah.com> <1201245134-4876-76-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> <47999CF2.9070805@garzik.org> <20080125175421.GD4242@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080125175421.GD4242@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 731 Lines: 16 On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:54:21AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > I could not find any userspace tools or documentation that used it The version_str handle is only there as a potential convenience for users who need to figure out what their module can and cannot do. I mentioned it in an article in LJ last year. It does not need to be there for any tools to work right, and I do not think that anyone really cares about it at this point, so I have no problem with just ripping it out. Mike -- 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/