linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] ARM: davinci: Don't append git rev to local version

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Message-ID: <20f3efba-4f79-3675-d2ce-09efe90fb692@ti.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:05:52 +0530
From:   Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>
To:     David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>
CC:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] ARM: davinci: Don't append git rev to local version

On Saturday 22 October 2016 12:06 AM, David Lechner wrote:
> In the davinci default configuration, don't append the git revision to
> the local kernel version by. This seems like the more desirable default
> value.

Why? To the contrary I actually quite like the fact that the git commit
is appended to version string. Makes it easy for me to cross-check that
I am booting the right image.

> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>

Thanks,
Sekhar