Re: [PATCH 2/5] pktcdvd: Remove version string

[Peter Osterlund]

Ismail Donmez <ismail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Cuma 3 Å?ubat 2006 22:18 tarihinde Å?unları yazmıÅ?tınız:
> > The version information is not useful for a driver that is maintained
> > in Linus' kernel tree.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@xxxxxxxxx>
...
> Hmm this is useful to do dmesg|grep pktcdvd though when you compile it in the 
> kernel. So I would like to keep it in.

Why is it useful? The actual version number can't be that useful since
it hasn't been updated since 2004. If you just want to know if the
driver is currently in the kernel, you can do:

        cat /proc/misc | grep pktcdvd

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Peter Osterlund - petero2@xxxxxxxxx
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