Re: [PATCH 12/34] isdn/diva: Drop __TIME__ usage

[Armin Schindler]

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 17:10 +0200, Armin Schindler wrote:
> > On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Michal Marek wrote:
> > > The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to
> > > repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each
> > > time.
> >
> > The module can be build separately from the kernel, therefore it can have
> > an own build timestamp.
> [...]
>
> If you want to distribute an out-of-tree version, that's your own
> business.  It shouldn't limit what is done with the in-tree version.
> Perhaps we could make modpost add a build timestamp to OOT modules,
> though.

I know out-of-tree stuff doesn't matter here. But I'm thinking
about just doing 'make modules'.

Armin
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