Re: How to determine ACPI SF patch version from running kernel?

[Bas Mevissen <ml-Y9IUUvl1dgU0Iwp8Nzs06g@public.gmane.org>]

Grover, Andrew wrote:

  (ACPI_CA_VERSION)
> It changes every release, except for the most recent one. I should've
> updated it but I was in a hurry to go on vacation and didn't.
> 

 From acpi-20030730-2.4.22-pre8.diff.gz:

diff -Naur -X /root/bin/dontdiff a/include/acpi/acconfig.h 
b/include/acpi/acconfig.h
--- a/include/acpi/acconfig.h	2003-07-30 10:06:09.000000000 -0700
+++ b/include/acpi/acconfig.h	2003-07-30 10:07:29.000000000 -0700
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@

  /* Version string */

-#define ACPI_CA_VERSION                 0x20030619
+#define ACPI_CA_VERSION                 0x20030714

The ACPI_CA_VERSION did change, but not to the number of the patch. My 
question was how to determine the _patch_ version and not just the 
version of the ACPI_CA stuff.

(Maybe I see it wrong, but I guess that ACPI_CA is just one part of the 
whole patch.)

For debugging it really helps if the _patch_ number can be easely 
retrieved from the source and at runtime.

For example, if you only make a change to the Toshiba-specific stuff, 
then I would say keep the ACPI_CA number the same and just update the 
overall patch number.

> PS this would've been a good question for acpi-support.
> 

If I only were asking for _where_ to find it, it was.

Regards,

Bas.








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