From: Stefan Richter 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/ Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:39:11 +0200 Message-ID: <20110625003911.5c14a95e@stein> References: <4E04912A.4090305@infradead.org> <201106241554.10751.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <4E04A122.2080002@infradead.org> <20110624203404.7a3f6f6a@stein> <1308949448.2093.20.camel@morgan.silverblock.net> <20110624232048.66f1f98c@stein> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:38997 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753130Ab1FXWjq convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:39:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: ceph-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Devin Heitmueller Cc: Andy Walls , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Hans Verkuil , Jesper Juhl , LKML , trivial@kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, Sage Weil On Jun 24 Devin Heitmueller wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Stefan Richter > wrote: > > Easier: > > =C2=A0"I run Ubuntu 10.4". > > =C2=A0"I run kernel 2.6.32." > > One of these is usually already included in the first post or IRC m= essage > > from the user. > > > > Separate driver versions are only needed on platforms where drivers= are > > not distributed by the operating system distributor, or driver sour= ce code > > is not released within kernel source code. >=20 > Unfortunately, this doesn't work as all too often the user has "Ubunt= u > 10.1 but I installed the latest media_build tree a few months ago". > Hence they are not necessarily on a particular binary release from a > distro but rather have a mix of a distro's binary release and a > v4l-dvb tree compiled from source. If you release out-of-kernel-source driver sources for compilation agai= nst binary kernels, and you have got users who go through this procedure, t= hen the user can for sure tell you the SCM version of the driver. Besides, isn't this outdated practice in times where Joe Enduser can ge= t the very latest -rc kernel prepackaged on many distributions, including ones like Ubuntu? [Sorry, I'm getting perhaps a bit off-topic.] --=20 Stefan Richter -=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D -=3D=3D- =3D=3D--=3D http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html