Re: [PATCH 12/34] isdn/diva: Drop __TIME__ usage

Armin Schindler
2011-04-05T16:07:07Z

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 17:10 +0200, Armin Schindler wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Michal Marek wrote:
>>> The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to
>>> repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each
>>> time.
>>
>> The module can be build separately from the kernel, therefore it can have
>> an own build timestamp.
> [...]
>
> If you want to distribute an out-of-tree version, that's your own
> business. It shouldn't limit what is done with the in-tree version.
> Perhaps we could make modpost add a build timestamp to OOT modules,
> though.

I know out-of-tree stuff doesn't matter here. But I'm thinking
about just doing 'make modules'.

Armin