From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F31FC4167B for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA9F23A9D for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728871AbgLHJ4o (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 04:56:44 -0500 Received: from dvalin.narfation.org ([213.160.73.56]:54640 "EHLO dvalin.narfation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726218AbgLHJ4o (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 04:56:44 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=narfation.org; s=20121; t=1607421360; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=NL9hsV0TeyX60QzTD/g2rg1p69Dgs1kBooBdA4Xh/Yk=; b=dMXe8xj7l66jvnfkKBMdbWmk+78WOIIIctBtLnvakPh4+J0IL+AQAmFq0g8TsMJQs3q58J HbCrHQnCMqsdbWiSob9frIwRB8edR+1btGVrz1xrw0c8AOtyXORhd45g36NuPbKqIjjAi9 N19dSIPbQdGNpk50jXOK/KTvgHEFRdY= From: Sven Eckelmann To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" , davem@davemloft.net Cc: kuba@kernel.org, mareklindner@neomailbox.ch, sw@simonwunderlich.de, a@unstable.cc, marcel@holtmann.org, johan.hedberg@gmail.com, roopa@nvidia.com, nikolay@nvidia.com, edumazet@google.com, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, jmaloy@redhat.com, ying.xue@windriver.com, kafai@fb.com, songliubraving@fb.com, yhs@fb.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, kpsingh@chromium.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Schiffer Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] net: batman-adv: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() usage Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:55:57 +0100 Message-ID: <1863144.usQuhbGJ8B@ripper> In-Reply-To: References: <20201202124959.29209-1-info@metux.net> <4581108.GXAFRqVoOG@sven-edge> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3265343.QJadu78ljV"; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nextPart3265343.QJadu78ljV Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; protected-headers="v1" From: Sven Eckelmann To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" , davem@davemloft.net Cc: kuba@kernel.org, mareklindner@neomailbox.ch, sw@simonwunderlich.de, a@unstable.cc, marcel@holtmann.org, johan.hedberg@gmail.com, roopa@nvidia.com, nikolay@nvidia.com, edumazet@google.com, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, jmaloy@redhat.com, ying.xue@windriver.com, kafai@fb.com, songliubraving@fb.com, yhs@fb.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, kpsingh@chromium.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Schiffer Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] net: batman-adv: remove unneeded MODULE_VERSION() usage Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:55:57 +0100 Message-ID: <1863144.usQuhbGJ8B@ripper> In-Reply-To: References: <20201202124959.29209-1-info@metux.net> <4581108.GXAFRqVoOG@sven-edge> On Tuesday, 8 December 2020 08:48:56 CET Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > Is there some explanation besides an opinion? Some kind goal which you want to > > achieve with it maybe? > > Just a cleanup. I've been under the impression that this version is just > an relic from oot times. There are various entities which are loving to use the distro kernel and replace the batman-adv module with a backport from a newer kernel version. Similar to what is done in OpenWrt for the wifi drivers. > > At least for us it was an easy way to query the release cycle information via > > batctl. Which made it easier for us to roughly figure out what an reporter/ > > inquirer was using - independent of whether he is using the in-kernel version > > or a backported version. > > Is the OOT scenario still valid ? Since the backport is OOT - yes, it is still valid. Kind regards, Sven --nextPart3265343.QJadu78ljV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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