linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Generic WorkQueue Engine (GenWQE) device driver

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:20:52 +0200
From:	Frank Haverkamp <haver@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Frank Haverkamp <haver@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com, utz.bacher@...ibm.com, jsvogt@...ibm.com,
	MIJUNG@...ibm.com, cascardo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, michael@...ra.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Generic WorkQueue Engine (GenWQE) device driver

Hi Michael,

Am Donnerstag, den 25.07.2013, 15:21 +0200 schrieb Michal Marek:
> On 25.7.2013 10:28, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> > +	dev_info(&pci_dev->dev, "GenWQE driver version: %s (build %s) %s%u\n",
> > +		 DRV_VERS_STRING, __DATE__, GENWQE_DEVNAME, cd->card_idx);
> [...]
> > +	len += scnprintf(&buf[len], PAGE_SIZE - len,
> > +			 "GenWQE driver version: %s (build %s)\n"
> > +			 "    Device Name/Type: %s %s CardIdx: %d\n"
> > +			 "    SLU/APP Config  : 0x%016llx/0x%016llx\n"
> > +			 "    Build Date/Type : %u/%x/%u %s\n"
> > +			 "    Base Clock      : %u MHz\n"
> > +			 "    Arch/SVN Release: %u/%llx\n"
> > +			 "    Bitstream       : %llx\n",
> > +			 DRV_VERS_STRING, __DATE__, dev_name(&pci_dev->dev),
> 
> Please remove the __DATE__ macros, so that the generated object code
> does not literally change with the phase of the moon.
> 
> Michal

Thanks for reviewing. I removed them in my copy. Would that be something
scripts/checkpatch.pl could warn about?

Regards,

Frank


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