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Message-ID: <20110111190338.GA1542@dtor-ws.eng.vmware.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:03:39 -0800 From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com> To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Show version information for built-in modules in sysfs On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 05:02:40PM -0800, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:30:19 am Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > Currently only drivers that are built as modules have their versions > > shown in /sys/module/<module_name>/version, but this information might > > also be useful for built-in drivers as well. This especially important > > for drivers that do not define any parameters - such drivers, if > > built-in, are completely invisible from userspace. > > > > This patch changes MODULE_VERSION() macro so that in case when we are > > compiling built-in module, version information is stored in a separate > > section. Kernel then uses this data to create 'version' sysfs attribute > > in the same fashion it creates attributes for module parameters. > > ... > > __used and unused seems overkill, and confused. > > Removed unused. > Rusty, What is the status of the patch? It woudl be nice if it coudl make it into .38. Thanks! -- Dmitry -- 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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