linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] Staging: dgnc: replace EXTRA

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Message-ID: <20150301195612.GA8469@kroah.com>
Date:	Sun, 1 Mar 2015 11:56:12 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	20150301180506.GA32433@...ah.com
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] Staging: dgnc: replace EXTRA_CFLAGS

On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 07:35:02PM +0100, Matteo Semenzato wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:05:06 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > What it is being used for?  Can it be removed?  Is it just there for
> > informational purposes or does the code actually do something based on
> > the value?
> 
> The value is used to create a file called version in the driver's sysfs
> directory, the file is read-only.

That's useless, it is a built-time thing, just remove the sysfs file as
well.

thanks,

greg k-h
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