netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 08/27] HFI: DD request framework and first HFI DD request

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Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:12:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dykmanj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, piyushc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	fcchang@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, wscadden@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	winstonc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, sakolish@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	jian@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, clsoto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	sjsheppa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/27] HFI: DD request framework and first HFI DD
 request

From: dykmanj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:38:38 -0400

> +#include <linux/vermagic.h>

I think this has been brought up by others, but please do not include
kernel version headers in your driver.

Not only should it be completely unnecessary upstream, it also makes
your driver get rebuilt every single make of the tree, which drivers
some of us crazy :-)

Thanks.
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