netdev - Re: [PATCH 12/34] isdn/diva: Drop __TIME_

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 10:15:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Armin Schindler <armin@...ware.de>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/34] isdn/diva: Drop __TIME__ usage

On Wed, 25 May 2011, Michal Marek wrote:
> Dne 5.4.2011 17:10, Armin Schindler napsal(a):
>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Michal Marek 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.
>>
>> The module can be build separately from the kernel, therefore it can have
>> an own build timestamp.
>
> So the module timestamp and kernel timestamp vary by a couple of
> minutes. But is it really a problem?

It could be a lot more than minutes. But it isn't a problem.
I just tried to keep the sources in sync with out-of-tree version.

> I don't think so. So is there an
> objection against applying this patch?

No objection. Please go ahead with the patch.

Thanks
Armin
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