linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] EDAC/amd64: Remove module version string

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Message-ID: <20230510140007.GDZFujZ7R0Yw6cvkj2@fat_crate.local>
Date:   Wed, 10 May 2023 16:00:07 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Cc:     linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        avadhut.naik@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC/amd64: Remove module version string

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 02:09:59PM -0500, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> The AMD64 EDAC module version information is not exposed through ABI
> like MODULE_VERSION(). Instead it is printed during module init.
> 
> Version numbers may be confusing in cases where module updates are
> partly backported resulting in a difference between upstream and
> backported module versions.
> 
> Remove the AMD64 EDAC module version information to avoid user
> confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c | 4 +---
>  drivers/edac/amd64_edac.h | 1 -
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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