Re: [PATCH 27/34] gfs2: Drop __TIME__ usage

Steven Whitehouse
2011-05-26T08:42:28Z

Hi,

On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 22:48 +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> Dne 5.4.2011 16:59, Michal Marek napsal(a):
> > The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to
> > repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each
> > time.
> >
> > Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
> > Cc: cluster-devel@redhat.com
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
> > ---
> > fs/gfs2/main.c | 2 +-
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't see this patch in today's linux-next. Any objection against me
> applying it to the kbuild-2.6.git repository?
>
> Thanks,
> Michal
>
No, I think that should be ok. It was added as a method to spot when
someone had compiled their own module against a distro kernel, but tbh
this isn't a problem in practice, so I don't think it will be a problem,

Steve.