RE: [PATCH 06/16] aacraid: Added sysfs for driver version

[Raghava Aditya Renukunta <RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@microsemi.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Thumshirn [mailto:jthumshirn@suse.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 11:43 PM
> To: Raghava Aditya Renukunta
> <RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@microsemi.com>; jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com;
> martin.petersen@oracle.com; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Dave Carroll <david.carroll@microsemi.com>; Gana Sridaran
> <gana.sridaran@microsemi.com>; Scott Benesh
> <scott.benesh@microsemi.com>; dan.carpenter@oracle.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/16] aacraid: Added sysfs for driver version
> 
> EXTERNAL EMAIL
> 
> 
> On 02/15/2017 07:12 PM, Raghava Aditya Renukunta wrote:
> >
> > I agree , but it makes it easier to get the driver version when I am
> developing
> > and I don't know which driver version is currently loaded
> >
> > In addition internally our test automation suites use this information as
> > opposed to modinfo to get the driver version running.
> 
> OK then.
> 
> Speaking of test automation, is there something you may be able to share?
> 
> Thanks,
>         Johannes

Well still in the very initial phases, so nothing concrete yet.

The plan is to compile the source and install it on various kernels for testing
 and modinfo  will not be able to retrieve the version info.  

Additionally it seems to be a  cleaner method when compared to modinfo.

Regards,
Raghava Aditya

> --
> Johannes Thumshirn                                          Storage
> jthumshirn@suse.de                                +49 911 74053 689
> SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
> GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton
> HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
> Key fingerprint = EC38 9CAB C2C4 F25D 8600 D0D0 0393 969D 2D76 0850