does CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL depend on MODULE_VERSION?

From: Robert P. J. Day
Date: Sun Jun 28 2009 - 07:58:41 EST



from the help text for CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL:

"Modules which contain a MODULE_VERSION get an extra "srcversion"
field inserted into their modinfo section, which contains a
sum of the source files which made it. This helps maintainers
see exactly which source was used to build a module (since
others sometimes change the module source without updating
the version). With this option, such a "srcversion" field
will be created for all modules. If unsure, say N."

that first sentence suggests that calculating a module's
"srcversion" value depends on whether you've provided a MODULE_VERSION
value, but that doesn't seem to be the case based on a test i just
made. and it seems to disagree with the later sentence that this
CONFIG option will generate a srcversion value for "all" modules
regardless.

clarification? it seems that first sentence is misleading, unless
i'm misreading it.

rday
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