From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 07:27:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 07:27:28 -0400 Received: from [213.98.126.44] ([213.98.126.44]:16774 "HELO trasno.mitica") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 07:27:20 -0400 To: Ian Stirling Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Cosmetic JFFS patch. In-Reply-To: <200106290322.EAA04600@mauve.demon.co.uk> X-Url: http://www.lfcia.org/~quintela From: Juan Quintela In-Reply-To: <200106290322.EAA04600@mauve.demon.co.uk> Date: 29 Jun 2001 13:27:38 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "ian" == Ian Stirling writes: Hi ian> It would be nice to show driver version for every single non-stock ian> driver we load though. ian> Perhaps a list of versions in the stock kernel build, stored somewhere, ian> that shouldn't be patched by anyone, but only change with official releases. ian> At compile time, if the driver version string is different from the ian> 'blessed' version, it prints it's version, and possibly more. Don't work, because the kernels in distributions are heavily patched, and for the distribution the driver that counts is the one that is in in the distribution, not the one in standard kernel. I think that this is overengenering and not too useful :( Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy