From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wim@iguana.be
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iTCO_wdt: ICH9DO support
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:46:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080430124642.bcba1673.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4818B963.7000108@googlemail.com>
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:24:35 +0200
Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:51:10 +0200
> > Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> -#define DRV_VERSION "1.02"
> >> -#define DRV_RELDATE "26-Jul-2007"
> >> +#define DRV_VERSION "1.03"
> >> +#define DRV_RELDATE "30-Apr-2008"
> >
> > lol. git-watchdog changes these to
> >
> > #define DRV_VERSION "1.10"
> > #define DRV_RELDATE "17-Aug-2007"
> >
> > Version numbers and dates like this really are pretty pointless. If you
> > get a report against "v1.10", it just is not useful information. You still
> > need to ask "what kernel version" to be able to reliably locate the source
> > for the reporter's driver.
> >
> >
> > But it's a great way to generate .rej files.
>
> Really sorry Andrew here the patch without the changes to the driver version.
>
Is OK, I already fixed it (as you saw).
There's nothing to be sorry about - it's not your fault. My email can be
summarised down to "Hey, Wim: remove that crap!".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-30 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-30 14:51 [PATCH] iTCO_wdt: ICH9DO support Gabriel C
2008-04-30 18:15 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-30 18:24 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30 19:46 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-05-05 21:04 ` Wim Van Sebroeck
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