Re: [PATCH 3/4] ata: Add and use ata_print_version_once

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Apr 17 2011 - 16:56:49 EST


On Sun, 2011-04-17 at 13:45 +0300, saeed bishara wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Use a single mechanism to show driver version.
> > Reduces text a tiny bit too.
> > Remove uses of static int printed_version
> > Add and use ata_print_version(const struct device *, const char *ver)
> > and ata_print_version_once.
> any idea why we really need this driver version for in-kernel drivers?
> isn't the kernel version good enough?

Some think it useful to see what module
version is linked against the kernel.

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