Re: [PATCH] docs: ABI: make the KernelVersion field optional

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

alison.schofield@intel.com writes:

> From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
>
> The KernelVersion field has limited practical value. Git history
> provides more accurate tracking of when features were introduced
> and target kernel versions often change during development and
> merge.
>
> Label it optional.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
> ---
>
> Plan B is to remove the field entirely. 
>
>
>  Documentation/ABI/README | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/README b/Documentation/ABI/README
> index ef0e6d11e919..315fffe1f831 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/README
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/README
> @@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ Every file in these directories will contain the following information:
>  
>  What:		Short description of the interface
>  Date:		Date created
> -KernelVersion:	Kernel version this feature first showed up in.
> +KernelVersion:	(Optional) Kernel version this feature first showed up in.
> +		Note: git history often provides more accurate version
> +		info, so this field may be omitted.
>  Contact:	Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list)

Applied, thanks.

jon