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On 11/15/2011 04:29 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:52:37 PST, Grant Grundler said:
>
>> -#define DRIVER_VERSION "26-Sep-2011"
>> +#define DRIVER_VERSION "08-Nov-2011"
>
> Aren't these sort of things more than a tad silly for an in-kernel driver?

Probably depends on whether or not a distro back-ports something from 
upstream.

rick jones