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=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,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 6D9C7C3F68F for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:13:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39CBE21569 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:13:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1579709639; bh=DQc/yT+88JWQ9VkGp2MIgDL8r3UV+tXsPz9FyrTJsqA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=YgOZncT2R9Pc8sl4odjeDVYyynCJuRS7OvDp2WBeP8/FwqmEtLirM51Fr6ZrUy7qy 87ijzjWur77RYbUFR/0meyWUS1NNWyBwjHeH7W+g/Xz0WmfDIKzjohuWZkSWcOhAD4 9g1U3hNUEk7budL1EUlXWBumYF1IUTSvLmiW3Vdg= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727817AbgAVQN6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:13:58 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47622 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726167AbgAVQN6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:13:58 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [213.57.247.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4BC8B2071E; Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:13:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1579709638; bh=DQc/yT+88JWQ9VkGp2MIgDL8r3UV+tXsPz9FyrTJsqA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=K7w++ptTjM+5gXZKH0cd5Pib9TYXkx6jWruW3flcU7HClnPKF1zP81103ksHEICN5 aA32rE8qNIamPSwo+3ANAuhXUVMfrcBbUk03QFPSUEIHZtABXYZds1ZTUMadSg5qRl sm881rp7QyJdjCbmMkwDU1CJ8D3PVK/kMCOPBMHw= Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:13:53 +0200 From: Leon Romanovsky To: Michal Kalderon Cc: ariel.elior@marvell.com, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 14/14] qed: bump driver version Message-ID: <20200122161353.GG7018@unreal> References: <20200122152627.14903-1-michal.kalderon@marvell.com> <20200122152627.14903-15-michal.kalderon@marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200122152627.14903-15-michal.kalderon@marvell.com> Sender: linux-rdma-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 05:26:27PM +0200, Michal Kalderon wrote: > The FW brings along a large set of fixes and features which will be added > at a later phase. This is an adaquete point to bump the driver version. > > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior > Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > We discussed this a lot, those driver version bumps are stupid and have nothing close to the reality. Distro kernels are based on some kernel version with extra patches on top, in RedHat world this "extra" is a lot. For them your driver version say nothing. For users who run vanilla kernel, those versions are not relevant too, because running such kernels requires knowledge and understanding. You definitely should stop this enterprise cargo cult of "releasing software" by updating versions in non-controlled by you distribution chain. Thanks