linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 076/196] ecryptfs: remove version

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Message-ID: <20080125191407.GL25594@localhost.austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:14:07 -0600
From:	Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Phillip Hellewell <phillip@...lewell.homeip.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 076/196] ecryptfs: remove version_str file from sysfs

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.

Mike
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