Re: MODULE_VERSION useless? (was Re: [KJ] adding missing MODULE_* stuffs)

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 06:55:16PM -0300, Carlos Manuel Duclos Vergara wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have two ideas about what to do with MODULE_VERSION:
> 1.- Defining MODULE_VERSION = KERNEL_VERSION

No.

> 2.- Schedule it for removal in one or two more versions, and automagically use 
> the KERNEL_VERSION as module's version.

No, just let the authors of the different drivers that want to use
MODULE_VERSION use it (for some people it does matter, and they keep it
up to date.)  Everyone else, just don't add it if you don't care about
it.

> Any comments?

In short, leave it alone :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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