From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Lunz Subject: Re: incorrect usage of UTS_RELEASE in bcm43xx_get_drvinfo Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:13:30 -0400 Message-ID: <20060721191329.GA15478@knob.reflex> References: <20060721185945.GA7611@suse.de> <200607212103.23954.mb@bu3sch.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Olaf Hering , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp.reflexsecurity.com ([72.54.64.74]:49542 "EHLO crown.reflexsecurity.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751114AbWGUTNf (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:13:35 -0400 To: Michael Buesch Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200607212103.23954.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 09:03:23PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > I am not going to maintain a bogus version number. > What about simply returning 1.0 and be done with it. > I don't think it matters. 1.0 is as bogus as any other value. Put it to use! Increment it whenever there's a major change in the driver, like the locking rewrite or the init routine rewrite. At the very least, it makes it easier to rule certain things out if a user reports lockup or something. Jason