On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 14:05 -0500, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:50:19PM -0500, James K Lewis wrote:
> > Hi Olof,
> >
> > There are several reasons why an Ethernet driver should have an up to
> > date version number:
> >
> > 1. Customers like to see they are really gettin
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 01:50:19PM -0500, James K Lewis wrote:
> Hi Olof,
>
> There are several reasons why an Ethernet driver should have an up to
> date version number:
>
> 1. Customers like to see they are really getting a new version.
>
> 2. It makes it easier for support personnel (me i
Hi Olof,
Olof Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:11:17PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
>
> > This patch adds version information as reported by
> > ethtool -i to the Spidernet driver.
>
> Why does a driver that's in the mainline kernel need to have a version
> num
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:11:17PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> This patch adds version information as reported by
> ethtool -i to the Spidernet driver.
Why does a driver that's in the mainline kernel need to have a version
number besides the kernel version?
I can understand it for drivers lik
This patch adds version information as reported by
ethtool -i to the Spidernet driver.
Signed-off-by: James K Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Utz Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Jens Osterkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
drivers/net/spider_net.c
