Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Apr 2011 18:07:05 +0200 (CEST) | From | Armin Schindler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 12/34] isdn/diva: Drop __TIME__ usage |
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 17:10 +0200, Armin Schindler wrote: >> On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Michal Marek wrote: >>> The kernel already prints its build timestamp during boot, no need to >>> repeat it in random drivers and produce different object files each >>> time. >> >> The module can be build separately from the kernel, therefore it can have >> an own build timestamp. > [...] > > If you want to distribute an out-of-tree version, that's your own > business. It shouldn't limit what is done with the in-tree version. > Perhaps we could make modpost add a build timestamp to OOT modules, > though.
I know out-of-tree stuff doesn't matter here. But I'm thinking about just doing 'make modules'.
Armin
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