From: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
To: Ismail Donmez <ismail@uludag.org.tr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] pktcdvd: Remove version string
Date: 03 Feb 2006 21:49:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hd7gb21o.fsf@telia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200602032229.28499.ismail@uludag.org.tr>
Ismail Donmez <ismail@uludag.org.tr> writes:
> Cuma 3 Şubat 2006 22:18 tarihinde şunları yazmıştınız:
> > The version information is not useful for a driver that is maintained
> > in Linus' kernel tree.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
...
> Hmm this is useful to do dmesg|grep pktcdvd though when you compile it in the
> kernel. So I would like to keep it in.
Why is it useful? The actual version number can't be that useful since
it hasn't been updated since 2004. If you just want to know if the
driver is currently in the kernel, you can do:
cat /proc/misc | grep pktcdvd
--
Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-03 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-03 20:16 [PATCH 1/5] pktcdvd: Fix overflow for discs with large packets Peter Osterlund
2006-02-03 20:18 ` [PATCH 2/5] pktcdvd: Remove version string Peter Osterlund
2006-02-03 20:19 ` [PATCH 3/5] Let CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE depend on EXPERIMENTAL Peter Osterlund
2006-02-03 20:20 ` [PATCH 4/5] pktcdvd: Don't waste kernel memory Peter Osterlund
2006-02-03 20:21 ` [PATCH 5/5] pktcdvd: Allow larger packets Peter Osterlund
2006-02-03 20:29 ` [PATCH 2/5] pktcdvd: Remove version string Ismail Donmez
2006-02-03 20:49 ` Peter Osterlund [this message]
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