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

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:44:49 -0500
From:   David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
To:     Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...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 10/26/2016 05:54 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
> On Monday 24 October 2016 08:45 PM, David Lechner wrote:
>> On 10/24/2016 06:35 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> Each time you make a commit, you get a new version, which installs
>> another copy of the kernel modules on the device. This will fill up the
>> SD card if you are making many commits.
>
> Right, but thats easily fixable by removing existing modules before
> installing new ones.
>
>> Also, if someone wants to build the mainline kernel using the default
>> configuration, it seems odd to have a git revision tacked on to the end
>> even though you made no revisions.
>
> If you checkout a tag and build, then no commit information is added.
> Which I guess is what most end users will do.
>
> I don't see this done in other defconfigs like omap2plus and multi_v7 as
> well. I would like to keep it similar for davinci.
>
> Thanks,
> Sekhar
>

OK, I will drop this patch.