Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754289Ab1FXVVF (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:21:05 -0400 Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:38622 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753228Ab1FXVVB (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:21:01 -0400 X-Envelope-From: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:20:48 +0200 From: Stefan Richter To: Andy Walls Cc: Devin Heitmueller , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Hans Verkuil , Jesper Juhl , LKML , trivial@kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, Sage Weil Subject: Re: [RFC] Don't use linux/version.h anymore to indicate a per-driver version - Was: Re: [PATCH 03/37] Remove unneeded version.h includes from include/ Message-ID: <20110624232048.66f1f98c@stein> In-Reply-To: <1308949448.2093.20.camel@morgan.silverblock.net> References: <4E04912A.4090305@infradead.org> <201106241554.10751.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <4E04A122.2080002@infradead.org> <20110624203404.7a3f6f6a@stein> <1308949448.2093.20.camel@morgan.silverblock.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 964 Lines: 24 On Jun 24 Andy Walls wrote: > I also use the driver version for troubleshooting problem with users. I > roughly know what wasn't working in what version of the cx18 and ivtv > drivers. If the end user can tell me the driver version (using v4l2-ctl > --log-status) along with his symptoms, it makes my life easier. Easier: "I run Ubuntu 10.4". "I run kernel 2.6.32." One of these is usually already included in the first post or IRC message from the user. Separate driver versions are only needed on platforms where drivers are not distributed by the operating system distributor, or driver source code is not released within kernel source code. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==-== -==- ==--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- 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/