From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] isci: add version number Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 19:38:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20110801193806.57dc9b58@stein> References: <20110730001320.28430.53496.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> <20110730001721.28430.28086.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> <20110730185507.7b68c0a7@stein> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:54245 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753462Ab1HARiP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:38:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Dan Williams Cc: JBottomley@parallels.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Aug 01 Dan Williams wrote: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Stefan Richter > wrote: > > On Jul 29 Dan Williams wrote: > >> @@ -540,7 +548,8 @@ static __init int isci_init(void) > >> =C2=A0{ > >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 int err; > >> > >> - =C2=A0 =C2=A0 pr_info("%s: Intel(R) C600 SAS Controller Driver\n= ", DRV_NAME); > >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 pr_info("%s: Intel(R) C600 SAS Controller Driver -= version %s\n", > >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 DRV_NAME, DRV_VERSION)= ; > > > > Why? =C2=A0There is already a version number. =C2=A0Like 2.6.39, 3.= 0, 3.1. >=20 > This is for tracking driver versions across distributions and driver > update packages as they sync with upstream on different cadences. If they "synced with upstream", they had just the kernel version number= =2E You mean they "backport new drivers from current upstream into their br= anch with an old core". The mainline doesn't generally carry stubs and macros that are only the= re for backporting. Well, I guess SCSI drivers are different in that rega= rd. --=20 Stefan Richter -=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D-=3D=3D-=3D=3D =3D--- ----=3D http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html