linux-kernel - Re: [patch 07/76] NIU: Bump driver version and release date.

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Message-ID: <adalk4bv62r.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:35:40 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jesper.juhl@...il.com, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	jmforbes@...uxtx.org, zwane@....linux.org.uk, tytso@....edu,
	rdunlap@...otime.net, davej@...hat.com, chuckw@...ntumlinux.com,
	reviews@...cw.f00f.org, mkrufky@...uxtv.org, cebbert@...hat.com,
	cavokz@...il.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, gregkh@...e.de
Subject: Re: [patch 07/76] NIU: Bump driver version and release date.

 > It makes a difference for driver maintainers when users
 > report bugs and we ask them for the version printed
 > by the driver so that we know which fixes have been
 > applied.

I'm not sure if this series of patches really accomplishes that...
you're leaving out some patches such as "[NIU]: Fix 1G PHY link state
handling." that are in the real 0.7.  So the 2.6.24.stable version 0.7
has a different set of fixes than the 2.6.25 version 0.7.

 - R.

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