> > > First of all, are driver versions located anywhere in the sysfs tree? > > > I've looked through the code of some devices and didn't see any. What > > > I'ld like to do is add a software driver version to the sysfs tree but > > > don't know the proper location to do so. I'm thinking of > > > /sys/modules/<module name>/version. Does this work for everybody? > > > > why do it in the kernel at all vs. using 'modinfo'? > > How do you use modinfo if the driver is compiled statically into the > kernel?
If driver is compiled statically, you use /proc/version. There's an issue of having heavily patched kernels built statically, but that's something I suspect embedded people have to address as part of release engineering for appliance firmware. -- Pete ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
