netdev - Re: [PATCH 19/34] rt2x00: Drop __TIME_

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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:28:59 +0200
From:	Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@...il.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/34] rt2x00: Drop __TIME__ usage

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
> The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to
> repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each
> time.
>
> Cc: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>
> Cc: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>

Note that this timestamp is not in the kernel log, but in a special
debug file in debugfs.
However, I cannot see how a timestamp is actually useful for debugging
the driver, so

Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@...il.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> index c92db32..66166ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c
> @@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ static struct dentry *rt2x00debug_create_file_driver(const char *name,
>        blob->data = data;
>        data += sprintf(data, "driver:\t%s\n", intf->rt2x00dev->ops->name);
>        data += sprintf(data, "version:\t%s\n", DRV_VERSION);
> -       data += sprintf(data, "compiled:\t%s %s\n", __DATE__, __TIME__);
>        blob->size = strlen(blob->data);
>
>        return debugfs_create_blob(name, S_IRUSR, intf->driver_folder, blob);
> --
> 1.7.4.1
>
>



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