Got it. Thanks, Ram > -----Original Message----- > From: David Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:56 PM > To: Ramkrishna Vepa > Cc: Sreenivasa Honnur; netdev@vger.kernel.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; support > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24 1/1]S2io: Support for add/delete/store/restore > ethernet addresses > > From: "Ramkrishna Vepa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:57:23 -0500 > > > [Ram] The version numbers are different for the 2 patches. Was the MSI-X > > leak bug fix applied prior to resubmission (we had swapped the version > > numbers on the patches for resubmission). > > > > [PATCH 2.6.24 1/1]S2io: Fixed memory leak by freeing MSI-X local entry > > memories when vector allocation fails > > +#define DRV_VERSION "2.0.26.6" > > > > [PATCH 2.6.24 1/1]S2io: Support for add/delete/store/restore ethernet > > addresses > > +#define DRV_VERSION "2.0.26.7" > > I applied only the leak fix to the stable branch, and only > the ethernet address support patch to the 2.6.25 development > tree. > > The bug fix will show up later when the 2.6.25 development > tree gets rebased to upstream (which will have the leak > fix by then). > > This is how I do things, and that's why changing the DRV_VERSION > to 2.0.26.7 made no sense. > > Therefore it makes the most sense to bump driver version numbers > only when things are entirely self contained. >
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