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From: saeed bishara <saeed.bishara@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ata: Add and use ata_print_version_once
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:45:02 +0300
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On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> Use a single mechanism to show driver version.
> Reduces text a tiny bit too.
>
> Remove uses of static int printed_version
> Add and use ata_print_version(const struct device *, const char *ver)
> and ata_print_version_once.
any idea why we really need this driver version for in-kernel drivers?
isn't the kernel version good enough?
saeed