linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 01/12] gna: add driver module

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Message-ID: <85tupysmwc.fsf@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:29:39 +0100
From:   Maciej Kwapulinski <maciej.kwapulinski@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Derek Kiernan <derek.kiernan@...inx.com>,
        Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@...inx.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Documentation List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tomasz Jankowski <tomasz1.jankowski@...el.com>,
        Savo Novakovic <savox.novakovic@...el.com>,
        Jianxun Zhang <jianxun.zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 01/12] gna: add driver module


Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 6:11 PM Maciej Kwapulinski
> <maciej.kwapulinski@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>>
....
>> +#define GNA_DRV_VER    "1.2.0"
>
> Nowadays the version is the Git SHA sum.
>

right, "version" is present in about 7% of all modules

do You mean version should be skipped over (automatically generated)
srcversion field? or maybe You suggest any (better) technique?