Re: [PATCH 076/196] ecryptfs: remove version_str file from sysfs

[Jeff Garzik]

Michael Halcrow wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:54:21AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > I could not find any userspace tools or documentation that used it
>
> The version_str handle is only there as a potential convenience for
> users who need to figure out what their module can and cannot do. I
> mentioned it in an article in LJ last year. It does not need to be
> there for any tools to work right, and I do not think that anyone
> really cares about it at this point, so I have no problem with just
> ripping it out.

Cool, well ignore my objection then...

	Jeff




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