linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] mtd: denali: Drop print of build date/time

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Message-ID: <20140109165541.GD28655@norris-Latitude-E6410>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jan 2014 08:55:41 -0800
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Cc:	'Josh Triplett' <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	'David Woodhouse' <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	'Dinh Nguyen' <dinguyen@...era.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] mtd: denali: Drop print of build date/time

On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 05:24:53PM +0900, Jingoo Han wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 6:55 AM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > 
> > The kernel already has this information, and individual drivers
> > shouldn't duplicate that.

BTW, it is possible for modules to be built at a different time than the
kernel, and this code could show that. But it's not very useful anyway,
so I agree.

> > This also eliminates the use of __DATE__ and
> > __TIME__, which make the build non-deterministic.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> 
> (+cc Dinh Nguyen)
> 
> It looks good. :-)
> Reviewed-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>

Thanks. Pushed to l2-mtd.git.

Brian
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