From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: 20150301180506.GA32433@kroah.com
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] Staging: dgnc: replace EXTRA_CFLAGS
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 11:56:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150301195612.GA8469@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1425234902.3928.14.camel@gmail.com>
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 07:35:02PM +0100, Matteo Semenzato wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:05:06 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > What it is being used for? Can it be removed? Is it just there for
> > informational purposes or does the code actually do something based on
> > the value?
>
> The value is used to create a file called version in the driver's sysfs
> directory, the file is read-only.
That's useless, it is a built-time thing, just remove the sysfs file as
well.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-01 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-01 18:35 [PATCH V2] Staging: dgnc: replace EXTRA_CFLAGS Matteo Semenzato
2015-03-01 19:56 ` Greg KH [this message]
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2015-03-01 8:41 [PATCH] " Matteo Semenzato
2015-03-01 17:19 ` [PATCH V2] " Matteo Semenzato
2015-03-01 17:26 ` Greg KH
2015-03-01 17:40 ` Matteo Semenzato
2015-03-01 18:05 ` Greg KH
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