linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry: Add driver version

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcP5jf4Tt-U7cs77gnTcUpQbQ+exXjOOc5epPRDfT0h0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:35:27 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     "David E. Box" <david.e.box@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     irenic.rajneesh@...il.com, david.e.box@...el.com,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, markgross@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86/intel/pmt/telemetry: Add driver version

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 12:57 AM David E. Box
<david.e.box@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> Add a driver version number to make it easier to track changes in
> backported kernels.

Sorry, but NAK. As Greg KH said, we do not use this anymore (in Git
era) — the SHA from the Git _is_ the version of the driver.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko