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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:25:27 +0200 From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Show version information for built-in modules in sysfs On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 02:06:03PM -0800, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com> wrote: >> > Currently only drivers that are built as modules have their versions >> > shown in /sys/module/<module_name>/version, but this information might >> >> Can you create just /sys/module/x? >> Module version info is quite useless by itself. > > It is as useful as in the case where driver is built as a module. I am > just trying to unify the behavior a bit. > > Code-wise it is almost as cheap to add /sys/module/x/version as adding > just the directory. OK. Still, people are using /sys/module/x presence as indicator of modular built (unsurprisingly). http://codesearch.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#wZuuyuB8jKQ/src/third_party/autotest/files/client/profilers/powertop/src/bluetooth.c&q=/sys/modules&sa=N&cd=3&ct=rc&l=105 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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