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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

  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]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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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