linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] Extended MODVERSIONS Support

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Message-ID: <ZxskQx3QbkJ08g18@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:53:23 -0700
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] Extended MODVERSIONS Support

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 11:07:57PM +0000, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > Changes in v7:
> > - Fix modpost to detect EXTENDED_MODVERSIONS based on a flag
> > - Drop patches to fix export_report.pl
> 
> Unless Luis prefers to deal with this separately, perhaps you can
> just include a patch to delete export_report.pl in this series?

Yes, please do the homework to check the history of export_report.pl
and just nuke it if we don't need it. Ignoring it just because it may
not be used is not the right thing.

If you don't find the history on the current tree we have the
history.git tree [0] I often use to go down memory lane pre-git.

[0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/

  Luis