[openib-general] version #defines for the kernel

[Eric Barton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rdreier at cisco.com] 
> Sent: 12 December 2006 4:43 PM
> To: Eric Barton
> Cc: openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] version #defines for the kernel
> 
>  > At the risk of flogging a dead horse - I was only thinking 
> of a very simple
>  > version number that incremented on change - something like
>  > LINUX_VERSION_CODE?
> 
> In that case what do you expect to see in a kernel with backported
> drivers, that has backported some changes but not others?

Blood one the floor somewhere I'd hope :)

Or maybe just no #define for the version, since the person doing the
backport clearly isn't worried about compatibility with out-of-tree
code.

                Cheers,
                        Eric