Re: [oss-drivers] [PATCH net 5/5] nfp: populate MODULE_VERSION

2018-02-08 Thread Simon Horman
On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 08:55:26PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > DKMS and similar out-of-tree module replacement services use > module version to make sure the out-of-tree software is not > older than the module shipped with the kernel. We use the > kernel version in ethtool -i output, put it int

[PATCH net 5/5] nfp: populate MODULE_VERSION

2018-02-07 Thread Jakub Kicinski
DKMS and similar out-of-tree module replacement services use module version to make sure the out-of-tree software is not older than the module shipped with the kernel. We use the kernel version in ethtool -i output, put it into MODULE_VERSION as well. Reported-by: Jan Gutter Signed-off-by: Jakub