Re: [PATCH 15/21] NTB: Update Version

[Jon Mason]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 03:47:14PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 02:02:29AM -0700, Jon Mason wrote:
> > Update NTB version to 0.25
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
> > index b792ccd..df86882 100644
> > --- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_hw.c
> > @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
> >  #include "ntb_regs.h"
> >  
> >  #define NTB_NAME	"Intel(R) PCI-E Non-Transparent Bridge Driver"
> > -#define NTB_VER		"0.24"
> > +#define NTB_VER		"0.25"
> 
> I'm not objecting to this, but in the end, does it really matter?  Why
> not just stick with whatever kernel version you are using?  Keeping this
> up to date is going to be hard over the long haul, right?

Currently, it is a convenient way to verify the people testing the
code are running the latest version, since they are usually running
their tests on a stable kernel.  As the code becomes more stable, I
can see this becoming unnecessary and I will remove it then.

Thanks,
Jon

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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